#E9C79E · Oat

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#E9C79E is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Oat and near Light Tan and Peach Beige. In OKLCH it has 85% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 72°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #E9C79E a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#E9C79E
RGBrgb(233, 199, 158)
HSLhsl(33, 63%, 77%)
CMYK0, 15, 32, 9
CSS var--oat
Contrast1.6:1 white · 13.13:1 black

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How to use #E9C79E

Black text passes WCAG AA on #E9C79E (13.13:1); white text does not (1.6:1).

For a calm scheme pair #E9C79E with its analogous neighbors #E9A39F and #E6E99F; for contrast use its complement #9FC1E9 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--oat: #E9C79E;

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