HEX atlas value

#D4BDB9

#D4BDB9 is a warm red HEX color nearest Oat. RGB 212, 189, 185, HSL 9° 24% 78%, luminance 0.539; view contrast and conversions.

red warm muted

#D4BDB9 Sample readable text

HEX #D4BDB9

RGB rgb(212, 189, 185)

HSL hsl(9 24% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 11, 13, 17)

Luminance 0.539

Contrast Black 11.78:1White 1.78:1

CSS

--color-d4bdb9: #D4BDB9;
.background-d4bdb9 { background-color: #D4BDB9; }
.text-d4bdb9 { color: #D4BDB9; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D4BDB9

#D4BDB9 is classified as a warm red value with muted visual character. #D4BDB9 is visually closest to Oat, a named orange color with HEX #D8CAB8.

The RGB channels are 212, 189, and 185, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 9deg with 24% saturation and 78% 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 0.539, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.64, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.78:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D4BDB9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.78:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.78:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F7F3F2#F7F3F2 · #000000 text · best 19.06:1 Limestone#D8D2C4 · #000000 text · best 13.94:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 #B9D0D4#B9D0D4 · #000000 text · best 13.04:1 #D4CBB9#D4CBB9 · #000000 text · best 13.04:1

Generated Palette

#D4BDB9#D4BDB9

#B9D0D4#B9D0D4

#D4B9C3#D4B9C3

#D4CBB9#D4CBB9

#F7F3F2#F7F3F2

#B18881#B18881

Color Harmonies

#B9D0D4#B9D0D4

#D4B9C3#D4B9C3

#D4CBB9#D4CBB9

#B9D4BD#B9D4BD

#BDB9D4#BDB9D4

Variants

#F7F3F2#F7F3F2

#B18881#B18881

#E1B5AD#E1B5AD

#C8C6C6#C8C6C6

White#FFFFFF

#FFC2B8#FFC2B8

Nearest Named Colors

Oat#D8CAB8

Mica#D8C7B0

Silver#C0C0C0

Travertine#D6C1A3

Limestone#D8D2C4

Luminance0.539

Black text11.78:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA 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":"#D4BDB9","rgb":[212,189,185],"hsl":[9,24,78],"cmyk":[0,11,13,17],"luminance":0.539,"contrast":{"black":11.78,"white":1.78}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.78,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.78,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F7F3F2","hex":"#F7F3F2","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.06,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.94,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B9D0D4","hex":"#B9D0D4","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.04,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#D4CBB9","hex":"#D4CBB9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.04,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","muted","muted red","Oat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d4bdb9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mica.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B9D0D4","analogous":["#D4B9C3","#D4CBB9"],"triadic":["#B9D4BD","#BDB9D4"],"tetradic":["#C3D4B9","#B9D0D4","#CBB9D4"],"splitComplementary":["#B9D4CB","#B9C3D4"],"monochromatic":["#F7F3F2","#D4BDB9","#B18881"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F7F3F2","dark":"#B18881","saturated":"#E1B5AD","desaturated":"#C8C6C6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFC2B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":13.638181696985855},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":14.035668847618199},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":21.400934559032695},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":22.44994432064365},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":24.041630560342615}]

#D4BDB9

CSS

About #D4BDB9

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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