Pearl Bush#E8E0D5, a warm faint gold

At a glancePearl Bush is #E8E0D5, oklch(91.0% 0.017 76.1), a warm faint gold. Partner it with a cool light blue #6E96BC as an accent, a warm medium red #AE6058 for harmony, and a warm light amber #F7C06D the same color turned up. Put it to work as a light surface or a tinted neutral, and it takes black text at AA contrast and reproduces faithfully on coated presses.
Color codes

Pearl Bush in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of neutral is Pearl Bush?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Pearl Bush's, measured rather than asserted.

Pearl Bush's Munsell numbers: hue 9.9YR, value 8.9 (how light), chroma 0.9 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block yellowish white, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 0.9 is low. This is a greyed, muted neutral, nearer neutral than vivid, which is why it reads as a surface rather than an accent.

There's still some room before it hits the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. It could go a little more saturated and stay in gamut.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Pearl Bush, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #E8E0D5. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, pearl-bush-200.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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Accessibility

Is Pearl Bush accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #E8E0D5 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 68 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

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Run #E8E0D5 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Pearl Bush in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Every held press standard prints this color exactly as it is.

In CMYK, #E8E0D5 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Coated FOGRA39 prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Japan Color 2011 Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

APTEC Flexo Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK held to prints the color exactly.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Pearl Bushs

Colors similar to Pearl Bush

Here are other colors similar to Pearl Bush along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Golds

Satin LinenSatin Linen#E6E4D4black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Moon MistMoon Mist#DCDDCCblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
White RockWhite Rock#EAE8D4black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
CararraCararra#EEEEE8black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
MerinoMerino#F6F0E6black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Ecru WhiteEcru White#F5F3E5black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Spring WoodSpring Wood#F8F6F1black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Chilean HeathChilean Heath#FFFDE6black text · AAAlighter than the paper
TravertineTravertine#FFFDE8black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Spring SunSpring Sun#F6FFDCblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
CarlaCarla#F3FFD8black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Moon GlowMoon Glow#FCFEDAblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
China IvoryChina Ivory#FCFFE7black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Half And HalfHalf And Half#FFFEE1black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Off WhiteOff White#FFFFE4black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Light YellowLight Yellow#FFFFE0black text · AAAlighter than the paper
CumulusCumulus#FDFFD5black text · AAAlighter than the paper
EggshellEggshell#FFFFD4black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Egg ShellEgg Shell#FFFCC4black text · AAAlighter than the paper
EcruEcru#FEFFCAblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
CreamCream#FFFFC2black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Pairings

Colors that go with Pearl Bush

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool medium blue #405F9C. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the vivid is the same color with the volume up, for when it has to shout.

Downloads

Take Pearl Bush with you

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Pearl Bush color codes: hex #E8E0D5, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Pearl Bush, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Pearl Bush paired with a cool light blue #6E96BC, a warm medium red #AE6058, a warm light amber #F7C06D: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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