#E8D5B8 · Oat

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#E8D5B8 is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Oat and near Oat and Bone. In OKLCH it has 88% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 78°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #E8D5B8 a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#E8D5B8
RGBrgb(232, 213, 184)
HSLhsl(36, 51%, 82%)
CMYK0, 8, 21, 9
CSS var--oat
Contrast1.43:1 white · 14.64:1 black

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How to use #E8D5B8

Black text passes WCAG AA on #E8D5B8 (14.64:1); white text does not (1.43:1).

For a calm scheme pair #E8D5B8 with its analogous neighbors #E9BEBA and #E4E9BA; for contrast use its complement #BACCE9 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--oat: #E8D5B8;

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