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#CFCBB8

Oat · light warm yellow

About #CFCBB8

With the hex code #CFCBB8, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 80% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 11% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 4.6 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8BCCF, 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 12.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green203
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #CFCBB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFCBB8.
1.63:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFCBB8.
12.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFCBB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFCBB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCAB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0CBB9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3C8C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFCBB8?

With the hex code #CFCBB8, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 80% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 11% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFCBB8?

Use black text. Black on #CFCBB8 has a contrast ratio of 12.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFCBB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8BCCF, and analogous partners are #CFBFB8 and #C8CFB8.