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#CFBFAA

Oat · light warm orange

About #CFBFAA

#CFBFAA is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 75% green and 67% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 18% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.1), with Khaki the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #AABACF (dusty blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green191
Blue170

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.1
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 7.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #CFBFAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFBFAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5BFA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C3AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6BBB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBFAA?

#CFBFAA is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 75% green and 67% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 18% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFBFAA?

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

›What colours go with #CFBFAA?

Its complementary colour is #AABACF, and analogous partners are #CFADAA and #CDCFAA.