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#E9C9B6 · Oat
Click to copy#E9C9B6 is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Oat and near Peach Beige and Light Tan. In OKLCH it has 86% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 53°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #E9C9B6 a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#E9C9B6RGB
rgb(233, 201, 182)HSL
hsl(22, 54%, 81%)CMYK
0, 14, 22, 9CSS var
--oatContrast
1.56:1 white · 13.49:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #E9C9B6
Black text passes WCAG AA on #E9C9B6 (13.49:1); white text does not (1.56:1).
For a calm scheme pair #E9C9B6 with its analogous neighbors #E9B4BB and #E9E2B4; for contrast use its complement #B4D6E9 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.
--oat: #E9C9B6;
$oat: #E9C9B6;
colors: { 'oat': '#E9C9B6' }