HEX atlas value

#D8CAB8

#D8CAB8 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Oat. RGB 216, 202, 184, HSL 34° 29% 78%, luminance 0.603; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#D8CAB8 Sample readable text

HEX #D8CAB8

RGB rgb(216, 202, 184)

HSL hsl(34 29% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 15, 15)

Luminance 0.603

Contrast Black 13.06:1White 1.61:1

CSS

--color-d8cab8: #D8CAB8;
.background-d8cab8 { background-color: #D8CAB8; }
.text-d8cab8 { color: #D8CAB8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D8CAB8

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

The RGB channels are 216, 202, and 184, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 34deg with 29% 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, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.603, 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 text13.06:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D8CAB8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.06:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.61:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8F5F2#F8F5F2 · #000000 text · best 19.33:1 #D5D7B7#D5D7B7 · #000000 text · best 14.23:1 Limestone#D8D2C4 · #000000 text · best 13.94:1 Desert Sand#EDC9AF · #000000 text · best 13.57:1 #E4CBAA#E4CBAA · #000000 text · best 13.42:1

Generated Palette

Oat#D8CAB8

#B7C5D7#B7C5D7

#D7B9B7#D7B9B7

#D5D7B7#D5D7B7

#F8F5F2#F8F5F2

#B79D7B#B79D7B

Color Harmonies

#B7C5D7#B7C5D7

#D7B9B7#D7B9B7

#D5D7B7#D5D7B7

#B7D7C9#B7D7C9

#C9B7D7#C9B7D7

Variants

#F8F5F2#F8F5F2

#B79D7B#B79D7B

#E4CBAA#E4CBAA

#CBC7C3#CBC7C3

White#FFFFFF

#FFE0B8#FFE0B8

Nearest Named Colors

Oat#D8CAB8

Mica#D8C7B0

Limestone#D8D2C4

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Travertine#D6C1A3

Luminance0.603

Black text13.06:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA 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":"#D8CAB8","rgb":[216,202,184],"hsl":[34,29,78],"cmyk":[0,6,15,15],"luminance":0.603,"contrast":{"black":13.06,"white":1.61}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.06,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.61,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8F5F2","hex":"#F8F5F2","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.33,"contrastWhite":1.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D5D7B7","hex":"#D5D7B7","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.23,"contrastWhite":1.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.94,"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":"#E4CBAA","hex":"#E4CBAA","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.42,"contrastWhite":1.56,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Oat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d8cab8.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":"#B7C5D7","analogous":["#D7B9B7","#D5D7B7"],"triadic":["#B7D7C9","#C9B7D7"],"tetradic":["#B7D7B9","#B7C5D7","#D7B7D5"],"splitComplementary":["#B7D5D7","#B9B7D7"],"monochromatic":["#F8F5F2","#D8CAB8","#B79D7B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8F5F2","dark":"#B79D7B","saturated":"#E4CBAA","desaturated":"#CBC7C3","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE0B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":0},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":8.54400374531753},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":14.422205101855956},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":22.869193252058544},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":22.93468988235943}]

#D8CAB8

CSS

About #D8CAB8

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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