What color is #C7AB8B?

#C7AB8B is a light, desaturated orange known as Semolina. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Semolina?

The RGB value is 199, 171, 139: 199 red, 171 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Semolina?

The complementary color is #8BA7C7, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #C7AB8B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 and white text 2.18:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Semolina color: hex code #C7AB8B

#C7AB8B rgb(199, 171, 139)

Shades of brown

Semolina has the hex code #C7AB8B. It is a light, desaturated orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 78% red, 67.1% green and 54.5% blue (199, 171, 139).

Its hue angle is 32°, with 35% saturation and 66% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 30% yellow and 22% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.63:1).

Semolina (#C7AB8B) color codes

HEX	`#C7AB8B`
RGB	`rgb(199, 171, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(78%, 67.1%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(32, 35%, 66%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(32, 30%, 78%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 14%, 30%, 22%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.65, 5.39, 20.26)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.65, 20.97, 75.1)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(42.777, 43.134, 30.493)`
Decimal	`13085579`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Semolina, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #C7AB8B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.18:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#C7AB8B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.18:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #C7AB8B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #c7ab8b; }
.text { color: #c7ab8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c7ab8b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(199 171 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #c7ab8b, #c5c78b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #C7AB8B on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #C7AB8B?: #C7AB8B is a light, desaturated orange known as Semolina. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Semolina?: The RGB value is 199, 171, 139: 199 red, 171 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Semolina?: The complementary color is #8BA7C7, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #C7AB8B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 and white text 2.18:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.