HEX atlas value

#D8D2C4

#D8D2C4 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Limestone. RGB 216, 210, 196, HSL 42° 20% 81%, luminance 0.6468; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm muted

#D8D2C4 Sample readable text

HEX #D8D2C4

RGB rgb(216, 210, 196)

HSL hsl(42 20% 81%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 9, 15)

Luminance 0.6468

Contrast Black 13.94:1White 1.51:1

CSS

--color-d8d2c4: #D8D2C4;
.background-d8d2c4 { background-color: #D8D2C4; }
.text-d8d2c4 { color: #D8D2C4; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D8D2C4

#D8D2C4 is classified as a warm orange value with muted visual character. #D8D2C4 is visually closest to Limestone, a named orange color with HEX #D8D2C4.

The RGB channels are 216, 210, and 196, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg with 20% saturation and 81% 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 0.6468, 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 text13.94:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D8D2C4 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.94:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.51:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FDFDFC#FDFDFC · #000000 text · best 20.63:1 Bone#E3DAC9 · #000000 text · best 15.14:1 #E3D7BA#E3D7BA · #000000 text · best 14.7:1 #D4D8C5#D4D8C5 · #000000 text · best 14.43:1 Light Grey#D3D3D3 · #000000 text · best 14.03:1

Generated Palette

Limestone#D8D2C4

#C5CBD8#C5CBD8

#D8C9C5#D8C9C5

#D4D8C5#D4D8C5

#FDFDFC#FDFDFC

#B4A88E#B4A88E

Color Harmonies

#C5CBD8#C5CBD8

#D8C9C5#D8C9C5

#D4D8C5#D4D8C5

#C5D8D2#C5D8D2

#D2C5D8#D2C5D8

Variants

#FDFDFC#FDFDFC

#B4A88E#B4A88E

#E3D7BA#E3D7BA

#CFCFCF#CFCFCF

White#FFFFFF

#FFEEC7#FFEEC7

Nearest Named Colors

Limestone#D8D2C4

Oat#D8CAB8

Bone#E3DAC9

Light Gray#D3D3D3

Light Grey#D3D3D3

Luminance0.6468

Black text13.94:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA 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":"#D8D2C4","rgb":[216,210,196],"hsl":[42,20,81],"cmyk":[0,3,9,15],"luminance":0.6468,"contrast":{"black":13.94,"white":1.51}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.94,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.51,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FDFDFC","hex":"#FDFDFC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.63,"contrastWhite":1.02,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.14,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E3D7BA","hex":"#E3D7BA","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.7,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#D4D8C5","hex":"#D4D8C5","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.43,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Grey","hex":"#D3D3D3","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.03,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","muted orange","Limestone adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d8d2c4.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C5CBD8","analogous":["#D8C9C5","#D4D8C5"],"triadic":["#C5D8D2","#D2C5D8"],"tetradic":["#C5D8C9","#C5CBD8","#D8C5D4"],"splitComplementary":["#C5D4D8","#C9C5D8"],"monochromatic":["#FDFDFC","#D8D2C4","#B4A88E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDFDFC","dark":"#B4A88E","saturated":"#E3D7BA","desaturated":"#CFCFCF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEEC7"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":0},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":14.422205101855956},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":14.491376746189438},{"slug":"light-gray","name":"Light Gray","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":15.84297951775486},{"slug":"light-grey","name":"Light Grey","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":15.84297951775486}]

#D8D2C4

CSS

About #D8D2C4

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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