What color is #E0DCC8?

#E0DCC8 is a very light, desaturated yellow known as Oatmeal. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Oatmeal?

The RGB value is 224, 220, 200: 224 red, 220 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Oatmeal?

The complementary color is #C8CCE0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E0DCC8?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.24:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Oatmeal color: hex code #E0DCC8

#E0DCC8 rgb(224, 220, 200)

Shades of beige

Oatmeal has the hex code #E0DCC8. It is a very light, desaturated yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 87.8% red, 86.3% green and 78.4% blue (224, 220, 200).

Its hue angle is 50°, with 28% saturation and 83% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 11% yellow and 12% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.24:1).

Oatmeal (#E0DCC8) color codes

HEX	`#E0DCC8`
RGB	`rgb(224, 220, 200)`
RGB percent	`rgb(87.8%, 86.3%, 78.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(50, 28%, 83%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(50, 11%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2%, 11%, 12%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(87.58, -2.03, 10.31)`
CIE LCH	`lch(87.58, 10.51, 101.15)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(66.758, 71.204, 64.859)`
Decimal	`14736584`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Oatmeal, 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 #E0DCC8	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.24:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E0DCC8 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.24:1	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 #E0DCC8 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e0dcc8; }
.text { color: #e0dcc8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0dcc8; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(224 220 200 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e0dcc8, #d8e0c8); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E0DCC8 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E0DCC8?: #E0DCC8 is a very light, desaturated yellow known as Oatmeal. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Oatmeal?: The RGB value is 224, 220, 200: 224 red, 220 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Oatmeal?: The complementary color is #C8CCE0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E0DCC8?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.24:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.