HEX atlas value

#D4C5B9

#D4C5B9 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Oat. RGB 212, 197, 185, HSL 27° 24% 78%, luminance 0.5743; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm muted

#D4C5B9 Sample readable text

HEX #D4C5B9

RGB rgb(212, 197, 185)

HSL hsl(27 24% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 13, 17)

Luminance 0.5743

Contrast Black 12.49:1White 1.68:1

CSS

--color-d4c5b9: #D4C5B9;
.background-d4c5b9 { background-color: #D4C5B9; }
.text-d4c5b9 { color: #D4C5B9; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D4C5B9

#D4C5B9 is classified as a warm orange value with muted visual character. #D4C5B9 is visually closest to Oat, a named orange color with HEX #D8CAB8.

The RGB channels are 212, 197, and 185, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 27deg 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 0.5743, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.48, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.49:1AA Pass

White text1.68:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D4C5B9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.49:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.68:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F7F5F2#F7F5F2 · #000000 text · best 19.3:1 Limestone#D8D2C4 · #000000 text · best 13.94:1 #D4D3B9#D4D3B9 · #000000 text · best 13.82:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 Mica#D8C7B0 · #000000 text · best 12.72:1

Generated Palette

#D4C5B9#D4C5B9

#B9C8D4#B9C8D4

#D4B9BB#D4B9BB

#D4D3B9#D4D3B9

#F7F5F2#F7F5F2

#B19781#B19781

Color Harmonies

#B9C8D4#B9C8D4

#D4B9BB#D4B9BB

#D4D3B9#D4D3B9

#B9D4C6#B9D4C6

#C6B9D4#C6B9D4

Variants

#F7F5F2#F7F5F2

#B19781#B19781

#E1C4AD#E1C4AD

#C8C7C6#C8C7C6

White#FFFFFF

#FFD8B8#FFD8B8

Nearest Named Colors

Oat#D8CAB8

Mica#D8C7B0

Limestone#D8D2C4

Silver#C0C0C0

Travertine#D6C1A3

Luminance0.5743

Black text12.49:1AA Pass

White text1.68:1AA 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":"#D4C5B9","rgb":[212,197,185],"hsl":[27,24,78],"cmyk":[0,7,13,17],"luminance":0.5743,"contrast":{"black":12.49,"white":1.68}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.68,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F7F5F2","hex":"#F7F5F2","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.3,"contrastWhite":1.09,"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":"#D4D3B9","hex":"#D4D3B9","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.82,"contrastWhite":1.52,"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":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.72,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","muted orange","Oat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d4c5b9.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/limestone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B9C8D4","analogous":["#D4B9BB","#D4D3B9"],"triadic":["#B9D4C6","#C6B9D4"],"tetradic":["#BBD4B9","#B9C8D4","#D3B9D4"],"splitComplementary":["#B9D4D3","#B9BBD4"],"monochromatic":["#F7F5F2","#D4C5B9","#B19781"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F7F5F2","dark":"#B19781","saturated":"#E1C4AD","desaturated":"#C8C7C6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFD8B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":6.48074069840786},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":10.04987562112089},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":17.4928556845359},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":21.77154105707724},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":22.44994432064365}]

#D4C5B9

CSS

About #D4C5B9

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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