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#e4c8ae color: Mesquite Powder

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29°
100%

OKLCH

85%
0.047
65°
  • ≈ Apricot
  • Beige
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • taupe-300
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.59:1 · Below AALc -30
Black text13.17:1 · AALc 77

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About #e4c8ae

#e4c8ae is a pastel light beige color. In OKLCH it has 85% lightness, 0.047 chroma and a hue of 65°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.59:1 contrast and black text 13.17:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Mesquite Powder (#e3c8b1). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-300.

More light beige colors

Lighter: #e4c8ae mixed with white

  1. e4c8ae
  2. e7cdb6
  3. ead3be
  4. ecd8c6
  5. efdece
  6. f2e3d6
  7. f4e9de
  8. f7eee6
  9. faf4ef
  10. fcf9f7

Darker: #e4c8ae mixed with black

  1. e4c8ae
  2. c6ae97
  3. a99480
  4. 8d7b6a
  5. 726355
  6. 584c41
  7. 3f362e
  8. 28211c
  9. 120f0b
  10. 030201

Calmer: #e4c8ae with less saturation

  1. e4c8ae
  2. e2c9b1
  3. e0c9b4
  4. ddcab8
  5. dbcabb
  6. d9cbbe
  7. d7cbc1
  8. d4ccc4
  9. d2ccc7
  10. d0cdca