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#CEBCAA — Light Dusty Brown

#CEBCAA 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 #CEBCAA 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.

#CEBCAA 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 #ABBDCF; it also sits naturally between #CFABAB and #CFCFAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBCAA · RGB 206, 188, 170

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Color values

HEX#CEBCAA
RGB206, 188, 170
HSL30°, 27%, 74%
HSV30°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 9%, 17%, 19%
XYZ50.69, 51.99, 45.39
Yxy51.99, 0.3423, 0.3511
CIE-Lab77.28, 3.43, 11.41
Hunter Lab72.10, 3.21, 9.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 74% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEBCAA

.text { color: #CEBCAA; }
.background { background-color: #CEBCAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBCAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 188, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(30, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBCAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 188, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBCAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 188, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBCAA

#C2AB94#B5997D#A88767#957556#7E6349#68523C#51402F#3A2E22#241C14#0D0A07

Tints of #CEBCAA

#D2C2B1#D6C7B8#DCCFC1#DFD4C8#E3D9CE#E7DED5#EBE3DB#F0EBE5#F4F0EC#F8F5F2

Tones of #CEBCAA

#CCBDAD#C9BDB0#C7BDB3#C5BDB5#C2BDB7#BFBDBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBDCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEBCAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBCAA

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 #CEBCAA: ·

How #CEBCAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C6AEDeuteranopia · #C7C9AFTritanopia · #CDB2B3

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 #CEBCAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #7D6E83
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #85586F
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #C5705D
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #DFD3C3 · #D0B8A8 · #8D493A

Similar colors

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

#CDBBA7#D0BAA8#D0B8A8#D4BDAC#CDC2AE#CBBCB1#CDC2A5#C8B6A6#D7C0AE#C7BEA2#C7B7A3#C7BCA1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBCA9  ·  #CEBCAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBCAA?

#CEBCAA is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 206, 188, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBCAA?

#CEBCAA is RGB 206, 188, 170 — HSL 30°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBCAA?

Its complement is #ABBDCF; analogous partners are #CFABAB and #CFCFAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBCAA for text?

Black text on #CEBCAA has a contrast ratio of 11.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.