Writer’s Parchment #E9D6BD RGB Color Code
Name from the community color list.
Writer’s Parchment (#E9D6BD) is a very light tinted gray. In RGB it is made of 91% red, 84% green and 74% blue (R 233, G 214, B 189). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 34°, 50% saturation and 83% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.691, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.
Writer’s Parchment color codes
#E9D6BD in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #E9D6BD | |
| RGB | rgb(233, 214, 189) | |
| HSL | hsl(34, 50%, 83%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(34, 19%, 91%) | |
| HWB | hwb(34 74% 9%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8%, 19%, 9%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.51% 0.0395 74.76) | |
| OKLab | oklab(88.51% 0.0104 0.0381) | |
| CIELAB | lab(86.71% 3.87 14.9) | |
| CIELCH | lch(86.71% 15.4 75.45) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.9011 0.8418 0.7522) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.6683 0.6909 0.5796) | |
| Decimal | 15324861 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.6909. Nearest web-safe color: #FFCCCC.
Mix Writer’s Parchment with other colors
See what #E9D6BD makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Use Writer’s Parchment in your code
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --writer-s-parchment: #E9D6BD; | |
| Sass variable | $writer-s-parchment: #E9D6BD; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-writer-s-parchment: #E9D6BD; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'writer-s-parchment': '#E9D6BD' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 0.914, green: 0.839, blue: 0.741) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 0.914, green: 0.839, blue: 0.741, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="writer_s_parchment">#FFE9D6BD</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFFE9D6BD) |
Accessibility and contrast
Black text works best on #E9D6BD (14.82:1, AAA). Here is how #E9D6BD does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
How people with color blindness see Writer’s Parchment
#E9D6BD next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
- Normal visionhow most people see it
- Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
- Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
- Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
- Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare
#E9D6BD has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
Writer’s Parchment in a user interface
A sample app screen with #E9D6BD as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #E9D6BD as it is. On the light theme, #E9D6BD is too hard to read as text (1.42:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #85745D there (4.51:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
Color harmonies for Writer’s Parchment
These schemes turn the hue of #E9D6BD around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Complementary
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Analogous
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Triadic
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
Split complementary
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Tetradic (rectangle)
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Square
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
Monochromatic
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Gradients with Writer’s Parchment
Four CSS gradients made from #E9D6BD. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
Soft tint
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FBF7F2, #E9D6BD);
Deep shade
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #E9D6BD, #413B33);
Analogous
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9C0BD, #E9D6BD, #E6E9BD);
Triadic
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9D6BD, #D4E0CA, #BDE9D6);
Shades, tints and tones of Writer’s Parchment
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Design system scale (50 to 950)
Writer’s Parchment sits at step 200. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors
The nearest match to #E9D6BD in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
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