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#CFBFB4

Greige · light warm orange

About #CFBFB4

#CFBFB4 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 7.0); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B4C4CF — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFBFB4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green191
Blue180

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #CFBFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBFB4.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CFBFB4.
11.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFBFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFBFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C0B3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C3B4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4BCBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFBFB4?

#CFBFB4 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 #CFBFB4?

Use black text. Black on #CFBFB4 has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFBFB4?

Its complementary colour is #B4C4CF, and analogous partners are #CFB4B7 and #CFCCB4.