ColorXprez

#CEBFB0

Greige · light warm orange

About #CEBFB0

With the hex code #CEBFB0, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 6.9 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B0BFCE, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red206
Green191
Blue176

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #CEBFB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CEBFB0.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CEBFB0.
11.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEBFB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEBFB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BFAF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C3B0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4BCBB

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEBFB0?

With the hex code #CEBFB0, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEBFB0?

Use black text. Black on #CEBFB0 has a contrast ratio of 11.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEBFB0?

Its complementary colour is #B0BFCE, and analogous partners are #CEB0B0 and #CECEB0.