Beige palettes

Cream, sand, oat and linen: the warm light neutrals. The ground of minimal and natural palettes, never quite white.

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63 beiges in the library

Pick any swatch to see its codes, its contrast and the palette it comes from.

01Put it to work

Can you read text on it?
White text looks like thisHard to read
Avoid for text. Use it for shapes and backgrounds instead. Contrast 1.4 to 1
Black text looks like thisVery easy to read
Fine for any text, even small print. Contrast 13.6 to 1

Black text reads better here. The contrast number compares how light the text is with how light the colour behind it is. It runs from 1, where the text disappears, to 21, black on white. The web accessibility standard asks for at least 4.5 for normal text and 3 for big headlines.

Pick a swatch above to see it in its own palette, next to the colours it was chosen to sit with.

02Tints and shades

A ramp from 50 to 950 around #E6D5B8, in equal perceptual steps, for backgrounds, borders and hover states. Click a step to copy it.

0396 palettes with beige

Clay StyleClay StyleNight StudioPaintingColor FieldAbstract ExpressionismJazz ClubMusicVerdigrisSculptureFired TerraSculptureAdobe DesertArchitectureDalí DesertSurrealismGuitarCubismBerlin ConcreteGraffiti / Street ArtVintage EditorialIllustrationPen & InkDrawing / SketchResort WhiteFashion DesignArtisanal TextileArtisanal TextilePottery / CeramicsPottery / CeramicsRakuPottery / CeramicsLand ArtVisual ArtAssemblageMixed MediaGig PosterScreen PrintingSuperflatPop ArtStreet PhotographyStreet PhotographyMiami Vice80s EditorialSorbetBubbleglamRose GoldChromecore

04The styles that use it

Steampunk4Liquid Retro4Pottery / Ceramics3Pueblo Revival3Indie Groovy3Romantasy3Sculpture2Fashion Design2Psychedelic2Bronze Age2Cottagecore2Wabi-Sabi2Architectural Postmodernism2Classical Architecture2Vernacular Architecture2Tropical Modernism2Art Deco Architecture2Mediterranean Architecture2Mid-Century Modern2Art Nouveau2Streamline Moderne2Clay Style1Painting1Abstract Expressionism1Music1Architecture1Surrealism1Cubism1Graffiti / Street Art1Illustration1Drawing / Sketch1Artisanal Textile1Visual Art1Mixed Media1Screen Printing1Pop Art1Street Photography180s Editorial1Bubbleglam1Chromecore1

And 30 more, in the palettes above.

05Questions

How many beige colour palettes are there?

The Omoro library has 96 palettes with at least one beige, across 63 distinct beige swatches, each with its hex code.

What colours go with beige?

In the library's palettes, beige most often sits beside brown, yellow and orange, with black and white as the neutrals.

Which design styles use beige?

Steampunk, Liquid Retro and Pottery / Ceramics use it most. 70 styles use it in all.

Goes withBrown 57%Yellow 50%Orange 35%Red 25%Green 25%Blue 23%

06Shades of beige

Cream
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