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#CFBB92 — Light Muted Brown

#CFBB92 is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #CFBB92 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.

#CFBB92 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 #91A6CF; it also sits naturally between #CF9B91 and #C5CF91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBB92 · RGB 207, 187, 146

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Color values

HEX#CFBB92
RGB207, 187, 146
HSL40°, 39%, 69%
HSV40°, 29%, 81%
CMYK0%, 10%, 29%, 19%
XYZ48.69, 50.88, 34.45
Yxy50.88, 0.3633, 0.3797
CIE-Lab76.61, 0.90, 23.39
Hunter Lab71.33, 0.84, 18.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 73% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 29% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFBB92 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFBB92 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFBB92

.text { color: #CFBB92; }
.background { background-color: #CFBB92; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBB92; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 187, 146); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(40, 39%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBB92; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 187, 146, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBB92; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 187, 146, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFBB92">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFBB92">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFBB92

#C5AD7C#BB9D63#B1904E#987C43#836B3A#6A562F#554525#3C311A#272011#0E0C06

Tints of #CFBB92

#D3C19C#D7C5A3#DBCCAD#E0D3B8#E5D9C3#E8DECA#ECE4D4#F1EBDF#F4EFE6#F9F6F1

Tones of #CFBB92

#CAB996#C6B79A#C1B69F#BDB4A3#B9B3A7#B5B2AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91A6CF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBB92: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBB92

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 #CFBB92: ·

How #CFBB92 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C69CDeuteranopia · #C8C99ETritanopia · #CEA4A5

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFBB92 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Lagoon
#C06588 · #CFBA91 · #9FCB8B · #63A08F
Palette 61764b
#61764B · #9BA17B · #CFB997 · #FAD6A5
Amber Terrace
#B58F88 · #C9C091 · #809A68 · #598262
Palette 1a3636
#1A3636 · #40534C · #677D6A · #D6BD98
Palette D7c097
#D7C097 · #E7DEAF · #73AF6F · #007E6E
Rustic Ruby Cinder
#4C4DA7 · #95659A · #864854 · #C5B794

Similar colors

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

#CFBA91#CFB997#C9C091#D6BD98#D7C097#C5B794#D4B499#D1B08E#D1BB9E#C6B497#D7C398#C9B59C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBB91  ·  #CFBB93 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBB92?

#CFBB92 is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 187, 146). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBB92?

#CFBB92 is RGB 207, 187, 146 — HSL 40°, 39%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 29%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBB92?

Its complement is #91A6CF; analogous partners are #CF9B91 and #C5CF91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBB92 for text?

Black text on #CFBB92 has a contrast ratio of 11.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.