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#CCBFAD — Light Dusty Brown

#CCBFAD is a brown color we call Light Dusty Brown, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CCBFAD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CCBFAD is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ADBACC; it also sits naturally between #CCB0AD and #C9CCAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCBFAD · RGB 204, 191, 173

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Color values

HEX#CCBFAD
RGB204, 191, 173
HSL35°, 23%, 74%
HSV35°, 15%, 80%
CMYK0%, 6%, 15%, 20%
XYZ51.08, 53.12, 47.10
Yxy53.12, 0.3376, 0.3511
CIE-Lab77.94, 1.57, 10.72
Hunter Lab72.88, 1.47, 9.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 75% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 15% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CCBFAD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CCBFAD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CCBFAD

.text { color: #CCBFAD; }
.background { background-color: #CCBFAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCBFAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 191, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(35, 23%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCBFAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 191, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCBFAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 191, 173, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CCBFAD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CCBFAD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CCBFAD

#BEAE97#B09D82#A38C6C#907A5A#7A674D#64553F#4E4231#383023#231D16#0D0B08

Tints of #CCBFAD

#D0C4B4#D4C9BA#DAD0C3#DED5CA#E2DAD0#E5DFD6#E9E4DC#EFEBE6#F3F0EC#F7F5F2

Tones of #CCBFAD

#CABFAF#C7BEB2#C5BEB4#C3BEB6#C1BDB8#BFBDBB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADBACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCBFAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCBFAD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CCBFAD: ·

How #CCBFAD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C6C6B1Deuteranopia · #C7C8B2Tritanopia · #CBB5B6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CCBFAD rather than the exact color:

Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 556052
#556052 · #AF6B58 · #CBBCB1 · #F2EFEA
Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette 88c273
#88C273 · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CDC2AE#CBBCB1#CDBBA7#D0BAA8#D4BDAC#CFC6B1#CDC2A5#D0B8A8#CCC8AA#D2C4B4#D2C6B2#D2C1B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCBFAC  ·  #CCBFAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCBFAD?

#CCBFAD is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 204, 191, 173). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCBFAD?

#CCBFAD is RGB 204, 191, 173 — HSL 35°, 23%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 15%, 20%.

What colors go with #CCBFAD?

Its complement is #ADBACC; analogous partners are #CCB0AD and #C9CCAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCBFAD for text?

Black text on #CCBFAD has a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.