#E9D2CA is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E9D2CA works with other colors. Named schemes with #E9D2CA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Timberwolf sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Timberwolf as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Timberwolf anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Timberwolf opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Timberwolf is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Timberwolf carrying the quiet middle.
How #E9D2CA actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #E9D2CA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E9D2CA;
--color-base-rgb: 233 210 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(88.1% 0.028 40.2);
--color-50: #FBF6F4;
--color-100: #F3E6E2;
--color-200: #E7CEC6;
--color-300: #D2AA9D;
--color-400: #BB8877;
--color-500: #9E6856;
--color-600: #7A5447;
--color-700: #583F37;
--color-800: #3A2C27;
--color-900: #241C19;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
timberwolf: {
50: '#FBF6F4',
100: '#F3E6E2',
200: '#E7CEC6',
300: '#D2AA9D',
400: '#BB8877',
500: '#9E6856',
600: '#7A5447',
700: '#583F37',
800: '#3A2C27',
900: '#241C19',
},
}
$base: #E9D2CA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF6F4; $base-100: #F3E6E2; $base-200: #E7CEC6; $base-300: #D2AA9D; $base-400: #BB8877; $base-500: #9E6856; $base-600: #7A5447; $base-700: #583F37; $base-800: #3A2C27; $base-900: #241C19; $base-hover: #CF9D8C; $base-subtle: #F7F2F0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E9D2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF6F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3E6E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E7CEC6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D2AA9D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BB8877",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9E6856",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7A5447",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#583F37",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A2C27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241C19",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}