#E8C9A8 · Oat

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#E8C9A8 is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Oat and near Peach Beige and Light Tan. In OKLCH it has 85% lightness and 0.06 chroma at hue 69°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #E8C9A8 a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#E8C9A8
RGBrgb(232, 201, 168)
HSLhsl(31, 58%, 78%)
CMYK0, 13, 28, 9
CSS var--oat
Contrast1.57:1 white · 13.35:1 black

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How to use #E8C9A8

Black text passes WCAG AA on #E8C9A8 (13.35:1); white text does not (1.57:1).

For a calm scheme pair #E8C9A8 with its analogous neighbors #E7A7A6 and #E6E7A6; for contrast use its complement #A6C6E7 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--oat: #E8C9A8;

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