HEX atlas value

#CDB7AD

#CDB7AD is a warm orange HEX color nearest Travertine. RGB 205, 183, 173, HSL 19° 24% 74%, luminance 0.4986; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm muted

#CDB7AD Sample readable text

HEX #CDB7AD

RGB rgb(205, 183, 173)

HSL hsl(19 24% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 11, 16, 20)

Luminance 0.4986

Contrast Black 10.97:1White 1.91:1

CSS

--color-cdb7ad: #CDB7AD;
.background-cdb7ad { background-color: #CDB7AD; }
.text-cdb7ad { color: #CDB7AD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #CDB7AD

#CDB7AD is classified as a warm orange value with muted visual character. #CDB7AD is visually closest to Travertine, a named orange color with HEX #D6C1A3.

The RGB channels are 205, 183, and 173, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 19deg with 24% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4986, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.76, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.97:1AA Pass

White text1.91:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #CDB7AD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.97:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.91:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EFE9E6#EFE9E6 · #000000 text · best 17.47:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 Mica#D8C7B0 · #000000 text · best 12.72:1 #CDC7AD#CDC7AD · #000000 text · best 12.37:1 Travertine#D6C1A3 · #000000 text · best 12.02:1

Generated Palette

#CDB7AD#CDB7AD

#ADC3CD#ADC3CD

#CDADB3#CDADB3

#CDC7AD#CDC7AD

#EFE9E6#EFE9E6

#AA8574#AA8574

Color Harmonies

#ADC3CD#ADC3CD

#CDADB3#CDADB3

#CDC7AD#CDC7AD

#ADCDB7#ADCDB7

#B7ADCD#B7ADCD

Variants

#EFE9E6#EFE9E6

#AA8574#AA8574

#DBB29E#DBB29E

#BEBCBB#BEBCBB

#FDFCFC#FDFCFC

#FFC0A3#FFC0A3

Nearest Named Colors

Travertine#D6C1A3

Mica#D8C7B0

Pumice#BAC0B4

Oat#D8CAB8

Silver#C0C0C0

Luminance0.4986

Black text10.97:1AA Pass

White text1.91:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#CDB7AD","rgb":[205,183,173],"hsl":[19,24,74],"cmyk":[0,11,16,20],"luminance":0.4986,"contrast":{"black":10.97,"white":1.91}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.97,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.91,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EFE9E6","hex":"#EFE9E6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.47,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.72,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#CDC7AD","hex":"#CDC7AD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.37,"contrastWhite":1.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.02,"contrastWhite":1.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","muted orange","Travertine adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/cdb7ad.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/travertine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mica.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pumice.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ADC3CD","analogous":["#CDADB3","#CDC7AD"],"triadic":["#ADCDB7","#B7ADCD"],"tetradic":["#B3CDAD","#ADC3CD","#C7ADCD"],"splitComplementary":["#ADCDC7","#ADB3CD"],"monochromatic":["#EFE9E6","#CDB7AD","#AA8574"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EFE9E6","dark":"#AA8574","saturated":"#DBB29E","desaturated":"#BEBCBB","pastel":"#FDFCFC","neon":"#FFC0A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":16.76305461424021},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":19.6468827043885},{"slug":"pumice","name":"Pumice","hex":"#BAC0B4","distance":22.15851980616034},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":24.55605831561735},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":24.71841418861655}]

#CDB7AD

CSS

About #CDB7AD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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