What color is #E9E3CB?

#E9E3CB is a very light, desaturated yellow known as Nylon. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Nylon?

The RGB value is 233, 227, 203: 233 red, 227 green and 203 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Nylon?

The complementary color is #CBD1E9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E9E3CB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 and white text 1.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Nylon color: hex code #E9E3CB

#E9E3CB rgb(233, 227, 203)

Shades of beige

Nylon has the hex code #E9E3CB. It is a very light, desaturated yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 91.4% red, 89% green and 79.6% blue (233, 227, 203).

Its hue angle is 48°, with 41% saturation and 85% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 13% yellow and 9% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.31:1).

Nylon (#E9E3CB) color codes

HEX	`#E9E3CB`
RGB	`rgb(233, 227, 203)`
RGB percent	`rgb(91.4%, 89%, 79.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(48, 41%, 85%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(48, 13%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 13%, 9%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.13, -1.96, 12.45)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.13, 12.61, 98.93)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(71.852, 76.574, 67.483)`
Decimal	`15328203`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Nylon, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E9E3CB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.31:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E9E3CB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.31:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E9E3CB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e9e3cb; }
.text { color: #e9e3cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9e3cb; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(233 227 203 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e9e3cb, #e0e9cb); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E9E3CB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E9E3CB?: #E9E3CB is a very light, desaturated yellow known as Nylon. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Nylon?: The RGB value is 233, 227, 203: 233 red, 227 green and 203 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Nylon?: The complementary color is #CBD1E9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E9E3CB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 and white text 1.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.