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#CFBEAC

Oat · light warm orange

About #CFBEAC

#CFBEAC is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 17% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.4); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACBDCF — a dusty blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFBEAC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red207
Green190
Blue172

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.4
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.5
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #CFBEAC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFBEAC.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFBEAC.
11.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFBEAC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BEAB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C2AC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6BAB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBEAC?

#CFBEAC is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 17% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBEAC?

Use black text. Black on #CFBEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBEAC?

Its complementary colour is #ACBDCF, and analogous partners are #CFADAC and #CFCFAC.