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#CFBEB5

Greige · light warm orange

About #CFBEB5

#CFBEB5 is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Greige (ΔE 7.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B5C6CF — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFBEB5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green190
Blue181

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CFBEB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBEB5.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBEB5.
11.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFBEB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFBEB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BFB4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C3B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4BBBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBEB5?

#CFBEB5 is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 75% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBEB5?

Use black text. Black on #CFBEB5 has a contrast ratio of 11.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBEB5?

Its complementary colour is #B5C6CF, and analogous partners are #CFB5B9 and #CFCBB5.