Champagne #E9D2AC

Champagne (#E9D2AC) is a very light, muted yellow with an OKLCH hue of 80°, lightness 0.87 and chroma 0.056. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#E9D2AC
RGBrgb(233, 210, 172)
HSLhsl(37, 58%, 79%)
HSVhsv(37, 26%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 26%, 9%)
CIE Lablab(85.2 2.3 21.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.873 0.056 80)

How Champagne behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Champagne shifts subtly: drifts toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.47:1 and against black 14.28:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Champagne

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fff0d7 · #e9d2ac · #b39f7e · #8c7a5d · #66573d · #433620

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e9d2ac · #e3b992 · #d4a389 · #c18e83 · #ac7b7d · #966a77

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e9d2ac · #acbba2 · #ab9269 · #688253 · #6d5833 · #38452f

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#e9d2ac · #bab1a2 · #5e78a4 · #5d4e37 · #3e321d · #1f180b

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e9d2ac · #b5b9bf · #868077 · #4b4e52 · #241f16 · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e9d2ac · #aca18e · #574a33 · #3b2d15 · #180c00 · #f3b94d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e6f3ce · #e9d2ac · #abcc90 · #6857bb · #313e6b · #18051c

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e9d2ac · #b0b9c7 · #5b889e · #4d4674 · #002333 · #010007

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e9d2ac · #a9bdbe · #538c8f · #603f67 · #2c1432 · #000203

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e9d2ac · #abbdb6 · #5b8d7c · #354d76 · #351024 · #000007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#ECD8B6 · #EFDDC1 · #F2E3CB · #F5E9D5 · #F8EFDF

Shades

#BFAB89 · #978567 · #716147 · #4D4029 · #2B210E

Muted

#E5D3B5 · #E1D4BE · #DCD4C7

Using Champagne

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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