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#CFBCAA — Light Dusty Brown

#CFBCAA 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 #CFBCAA 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.

#CFBCAA 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 #AABDCF; it also sits naturally between #CFAAAB and #CFCFAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFBCAA · RGB 207, 188, 170

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Color values

HEX#CFBCAA
RGB207, 188, 170
HSL29°, 28%, 74%
HSV29°, 18%, 81%
CMYK0%, 9%, 18%, 19%
XYZ50.97, 52.13, 45.41
Yxy52.13, 0.3432, 0.3510
CIE-Lab77.36, 3.81, 11.54
Hunter Lab72.20, 3.56, 9.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 74% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 18% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CFBCAA

.text { color: #CFBCAA; }
.background { background-color: #CFBCAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFBCAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 188, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(29, 28%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFBCAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 188, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFBCAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 188, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CFBCAA

#C2AA93#B6987C#A98666#967454#7F6348#68513B#523F2E#3B2D21#241C14#0D0A07

Tints of #CFBCAA

#D3C1B1#D7C6B7#DCCEC1#E0D3C8#E3D8CE#E7DED5#EBE3DB#F0EAE5#F4F0EB#F8F5F2

Tones of #CFBCAA

#CDBCAD#CABCAF#C7BCB2#C5BCB5#C2BDB7#BFBDBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AABDCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.43:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFBCAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFBCAA

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 #CFBCAA: ·

How #CFBCAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7AEDeuteranopia · #C8C9AFTritanopia · #CEB2B3

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 #CFBCAA rather than the exact color:

Palette C4317b
#C4317B · #AC7C7C · #D0BAA8 · #EFE4E4
Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFBCA9  ·  #CFBCAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFBCAA?

#CFBCAA is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 207, 188, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFBCAA?

#CFBCAA is RGB 207, 188, 170 — HSL 29°, 28%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 18%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFBCAA?

Its complement is #AABDCF; analogous partners are #CFAAAB and #CFCFAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFBCAA for text?

Black text on #CFBCAA has a contrast ratio of 11.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.