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#CEBFAA — Light Dusty Brown

#CEBFAA 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 #CEBFAA 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.

#CEBFAA 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 #ABBACF; it also sits naturally between #CFAEAB and #CCCFAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEBFAA · RGB 206, 191, 170

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Color values

HEX#CEBFAA
RGB206, 191, 170
HSL35°, 27%, 74%
HSV35°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 7%, 17%, 19%
XYZ51.34, 53.29, 45.61
Yxy53.29, 0.3417, 0.3547
CIE-Lab78.04, 1.84, 12.50
Hunter Lab73.00, 1.72, 10.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CEBFAA

.text { color: #CEBFAA; }
.background { background-color: #CEBFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEBFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 191, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(35, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEBFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 191, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEBFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 191, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEBFAA

#C2AF94#B59E7D#A88D67#957B56#7E6849#68553C#51432F#3A3022#241D14#0D0B07

Tints of #CEBFAA

#D2C5B1#D6C9B8#DCD1C1#DFD6C8#E3DACE#E7DFD5#EBE4DB#F0ECE5#F4F0EC#F8F5F2

Tones of #CEBFAA

#CCBFAD#C9BFB0#C7BEB3#C5BEB5#C2BEB7#BFBDBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBACF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEBFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEBFAA

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 #CEBFAA: ·

How #CEBFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C7AFDeuteranopia · #C8CAB0Tritanopia · #CDB3B4

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette 295f98
#295F98 · #CDC2A5 · #E1D7C6 · #EAE4DD
Palette 88c273
#88C273 · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493

Similar colors

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

#CDBBA7#CDC2AE#D0BAA8#CDC2A5#D4BDAC#D0B8A8#CBBCB1#CCC8AA#D7C0AE#CFC6B1#C7BEA2#D2C6B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEBFA9  ·  #CEBFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEBFAA?

#CEBFAA is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 206, 191, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEBFAA?

#CEBFAA is RGB 206, 191, 170 — HSL 35°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #CEBFAA?

Its complement is #ABBACF; analogous partners are #CFAEAB and #CCCFAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEBFAA for text?

Black text on #CEBFAA has a contrast ratio of 11.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.