Linen

#e4e2d9

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for linen, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Linen is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #e4e2d9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e2d9

RGB228, 226, 217

HSL49, 17%, 87%

HSV49, 5%, 89%

CMYK0%, 1%, 5%, 11%

Lab89.81, -0.89, 4.62

XYZ71.72, 75.9, 76.52

Decimal15000281

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#d3d0c1 #c2bda9 #b0ab90 #9f9878 #8b8463 #736d52 #5b5640 #423f2f #2a281e #12110d

Tints of linen

#e6e4dc #e8e6df #eae8e1 #eceae4 #eeede7 #f0efea #f2f1ec #f4f3ef #f6f5f2 #f8f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d9dbe4 Analogous#e4dcd9 Analogous#e1e4d9 Triadic#d9e4e2 Triadic#e2d9e4 Split complementary#d9e1e4 Split complementary#dcd9e4

Linen in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 5, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e2d9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 5 11

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 9 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Linen in css

Copy #e4e2d9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e2d9; }
.text { color: #e4e2d9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e2d9; }

How linen looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Linen and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4e2d9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e2d9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Linen on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e4e2d9 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around linen? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn linen into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e4e2d9 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from linen, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e4e2d9 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.