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#CDBEAF

Greige · light warm orange

About #CDBEAF

With the hex code #CDBEAF, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFBECD, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green190
Blue175

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CDBEAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBEAF.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBEAF.
11.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDBEAF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDBEAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BEAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C2AF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3BBBA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDBEAF?

With the hex code #CDBEAF, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDBEAF?

Use black text. Black on #CDBEAF has a contrast ratio of 11.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDBEAF?

Its complementary colour is #AFBECD, and analogous partners are #CDAFAF and #CDCDAF.