#E9C9B6 · near Oat

#E9C9B6 (RGB 233, 201, 182) is a light, muted beige, closest to Oat and near Peach Beige and Light Tan. 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. In OKLCH it has 86% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 53°.

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HEX#E9C9B6

RGBrgb(233, 201, 182)

HSLhsl(22, 54%, 81%)

CMYK0, 14, 22, 9

CSS var--oat

Contrast1.56:1 white · 13.49:1 black

Similar named colors

Peach Beige #EDCBB1Light Tan #E8C39EOat #E3D5B8Apricot #FBCEB1Baby Pink #F4C2C2

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.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--oat: #E9C9B6;

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Shades & tints

#2F2824#5D5049#8C796D#BAA192#E9C9B6#EDD4C5#F2DFD3#F6E9E2#FBF4F0

Color harmonies for #E9C9B6

Complementary

#E9C9B6#B4D6E9

Analogous

#E9C9B6#E9B4BB#E9E2B4

Triadic

#E9C9B6#B4E9C8#C8B4E9

Split complementary

#E9C9B6#B4E9E2#B4BBE9

Tetradic

#E9C9B6#BBE9B4#B4D6E9#E2B4E9