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#CBC9B9

#cbc9b9 ≈ Bone

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#cbc9b9 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 78.82% green and 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.99% magenta, 8.87% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 53.33°, with 14.75% saturation and 76.08% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bone (#e3dac9), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5797

Complementary

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #b9bbcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #b9c4cb
  3. #c0b9cb

Analogous

  1. #cbc0b9
  2. #cbc9b9
  3. #c4cbb9

Triadic

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #b9cbc9
  3. #c9b9cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #bbcbb9
  3. #b9bbcb
  4. #c9b9cb

Square

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #b9cbc0
  3. #b9bbcb
  4. #cbb9c4

Monochromatic

  1. #878364
  2. #aaa78d
  3. #cbc9b9
  4. #ecebe5
  5. #f6f6f3

Shades

#cbc9b9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #b7b5a7
  3. #a2a194
  4. #8e8d82
  5. #7a796f
  6. #66655d
  7. #51504a
  8. #3d3c38
  9. #292825
  10. #141413
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbc9b9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #d0cec0
  3. #d5d4c7
  4. #dbd9ce
  5. #e0dfd5
  6. #e5e4dc
  7. #eae9e3
  8. #efefea
  9. #f5f4f1
  10. #fafaf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbc9b9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbc9b9
  2. #c4c2b3
  3. #bcbaae
  4. #b5b3a8
  5. #adaca2
  6. #a6a59d
  7. #9e9d97
  8. #979691
  9. #8f8f8b
  10. #888786
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9c9c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccc8b8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdc9b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cec7c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccc8b8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccc9b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdc8c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbc9b9 {
  color: #cbc9b9;
}
Background
.bg-cbc9b9 {
  background-color: #cbc9b9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbc9b9 {
  border: 2px solid #cbc9b9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbc9b9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 201 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 15% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbc9b9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbc9b9, #c4cbb9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbc9b9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 201 185 / 0.35);
}

#e3dac9 Bone ΔE 5.51 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 6.53 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 6.96 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.27 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.66 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.80 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.80 #343646 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Bone
#cbc9b9  rgb(203, 201, 185)  hsl(53, 15%, 76%)  Bone
#b9bbcb  rgb(185, 187, 203)  hsl(233, 15%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#b9cbc9  rgb(185, 203, 201)  hsl(173, 15%, 76%)  Opal
#c9b9cb  rgb(201, 185, 203)  hsl(293, 15%, 76%)  Thistle