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#CFCBBA — Light Dusty Yellow

#CFCBBA is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CFCBBA 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.

#CFCBBA is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. 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 #BABECF; it also sits naturally between #CFC0BA and #C8CFBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFCBBA · RGB 207, 203, 186

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Color values

HEX#CFCBBA
RGB207, 203, 186
HSL49°, 18%, 77%
HSV49°, 10%, 81%
CMYK0%, 2%, 10%, 19%
XYZ55.95, 59.52, 54.99
Yxy59.52, 0.3282, 0.3492
CIE-Lab81.58, -1.55, 8.96
Hunter Lab77.15, -1.47, 7.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 80% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 10% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CFCBBA

.text { color: #CFCBBA; }
.background { background-color: #CFCBBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFCBBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 203, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 18%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFCBBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 203, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFCBBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 203, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CFCBBA

#C0BBA5#B0A98D#A19978#908864#7B7456#635E45#4E4A36#393628#211F17#0C0B08

Tints of #CFCBBA

#D3D0C0#D7D4C6#DBD9CC#E0DDD2#E4E2D8#E6E4DB#EAE8E1#EEEDE7#F2F1ED#F7F6F3

Tones of #CFCBBA

#CDCABC#CCC9BD#CAC8BE#C9C7C0#C7C6C1#C6C5C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BABECF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.63:1 Fails
Against black text12.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFCBBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFCBBA

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 #CFCBBA: ·

How #CFCBBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CDCDBEDeuteranopia · #CECEBFTritanopia · #CFC1C2

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 #CFCBBA rather than the exact color:

Palette 5f7161
#5F7161 · #6D8B74 · #EFEAD8 · #D0C9C0
Palette D9e4dd
#D9E4DD · #FBF7F0 · #CDC9C3 · #555555
Palette F7f7e8
#F7F7E8 · #C7CFB7 · #9DAD7F · #557174
Palette 81a6c6
#81A6C6 · #AACDDC · #F3E3D0 · #D2C4B4
Palette 442727
#442727 · #EAE7D9 · #D2C6B2 · #937D14
Palette 8d0b41
#8D0B41 · #D39D55 · #D6CFB4 · #FFF8E6

Similar colors

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

#D0C9C0#CDC9C3#C7CFB7#D2C4B4#D2C6B2#D6CFB4#CFC6B1#C5C7BC#D2C1B6#D3D4C0#C8C2BC#D8C4B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFCBB9  ·  #CFCBBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFCBBA?

#CFCBBA is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 207, 203, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFCBBA?

#CFCBBA is RGB 207, 203, 186 — HSL 49°, 18%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 10%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFCBBA?

Its complement is #BABECF; analogous partners are #CFC0BA and #C8CFBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFCBBA for text?

Black text on #CFCBBA has a contrast ratio of 12.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.