#c9beb3

Color #c9beb3

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-300 #d8d2d0 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9beb3

RGB

rgb(201, 190, 179)

HSL

hsl(30, 16.9%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 10.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 10.9%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(77.58, 1.98, 6.93)

LCH

lch(77.58, 7.21, 74.05)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0197, 67.6)

HWB

hwb(30, 70.2%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3bec9

Analogous

#c9b3b3

#c9beb3

#c9c9b3

Triadic

#c9beb3

#b3c9be

#beb3c9

Split-complementary

#c9beb3

#b3c9c9

#b3b3c9

Tetradic

#c9beb3

#bec9b3

#b3bec9

#beb3c9

Square

#c9beb3

#b3c9b3

#b3bec9

#c9b3c9

Shades

Color #c9beb3 mixed toward black.

#af9e8e

#947f69

#6f5f4f

#4a3f35

#25201a

Tints

Color #c9beb3 mixed toward white.

#d2c9c0

#dbd4cc

#e4ded9

#ede9e6

#f6f4f2

Tones

Color #c9beb3 mixed toward gray.

#c7beb5

#c5beb7

#c3beb8

#c2beba

#c0bebc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c4b6 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#c5c6b6 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#c8b8b8 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9beb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9beb3]

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Bisque #ffe4c4

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#c9beb3 (#c9beb3) is rgb(201, 190, 179) in RGB.

No, #c9beb3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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