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#E2C799 · Oat
Click to copy#E2C799 is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Oat and near Light Tan and Peach Beige. In OKLCH it has 84% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 81°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #E2C799 a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#E2C799RGB
rgb(226, 199, 153)HSL
hsl(38, 56%, 74%)CMYK
0, 12, 32, 11CSS var
--oatContrast
1.63:1 white · 12.86:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #E2C799
Black text passes WCAG AA on #E2C799 (12.86:1); white text does not (1.63:1).
For a calm scheme pair #E2C799 with its analogous neighbors #E2A198 and #D8E298; for contrast use its complement #98B3E2 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.
--oat: #E2C799;
$oat: #E2C799;
colors: { 'oat': '#E2C799' }