HEX atlas value

#D6C1A3

#D6C1A3 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Travertine. RGB 214, 193, 163, HSL 35° 38% 74%, luminance 0.5508; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#D6C1A3 Sample readable text

HEX #D6C1A3

RGB rgb(214, 193, 163)

HSL hsl(35 38% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 10, 24, 16)

Luminance 0.5508

Contrast Black 12.02:1White 1.75:1

CSS

--color-d6c1a3: #D6C1A3;
.background-d6c1a3 { background-color: #D6C1A3; }
.text-d6c1a3 { color: #D6C1A3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D6C1A3

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

The RGB channels are 214, 193, and 163, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 35deg with 38% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.5508, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.02:1AA Pass

White text1.75:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D6C1A3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.02:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.75:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F2ECE3#F2ECE3 · #000000 text · best 17.88:1 #D2D6A4#D2D6A4 · #000000 text · best 13.9:1 Desert Sand#EDC9AF · #000000 text · best 13.57:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 Mica#D8C7B0 · #000000 text · best 12.72:1

Generated Palette

Travertine#D6C1A3

#A4B9D6#A4B9D6

#D6A8A4#D6A8A4

#D2D6A4#D2D6A4

#F2ECE3#F2ECE3

#B99664#B99664

Color Harmonies

#A4B9D6#A4B9D6

#D6A8A4#D6A8A4

#D2D6A4#D2D6A4

#A4D6C1#A4D6C1

#C1A4D6#C1A4D6

Variants

#F2ECE3#F2ECE3

#B99664#B99664

#E4C395#E4C395

#C7BEB2#C7BEB2

#FDFDFC#FDFDFC

#FFD9A3#FFD9A3

Nearest Named Colors

Travertine#D6C1A3

Mica#D8C7B0

Oat#D8CAB8

Tan#D2B48C

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Luminance0.5508

Black text12.02:1AA Pass

White text1.75:1AA 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":"#D6C1A3","rgb":[214,193,163],"hsl":[35,38,74],"cmyk":[0,10,24,16],"luminance":0.5508,"contrast":{"black":12.02,"white":1.75}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.02,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.75,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F2ECE3","hex":"#F2ECE3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.88,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D2D6A4","hex":"#D2D6A4","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.9,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"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","balanced","balanced orange","Travertine adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d6c1a3.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/oat.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A4B9D6","analogous":["#D6A8A4","#D2D6A4"],"triadic":["#A4D6C1","#C1A4D6"],"tetradic":["#A4D6A8","#A4B9D6","#D6A4D2"],"splitComplementary":["#A4D2D6","#A8A4D6"],"monochromatic":["#F2ECE3","#D6C1A3","#B99664"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F2ECE3","dark":"#B99664","saturated":"#E4C395","desaturated":"#C7BEB2","pastel":"#FDFDFC","neon":"#FFD9A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":0},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":14.45683229480096},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":22.93468988235943},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":26.720778431774775},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":27.147743920996454}]

#D6C1A3

CSS

About #D6C1A3

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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