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Oat Palette

Oat Palette: #D8CAB8, #B7C5D7, #D7B9B7, #D5D7B7. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Oat Palette assigns primary #D8CAB8, secondary #B7C5D7, surface #D7B9B7, background #D5D7B7, accent #000000. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #D5D7B7 at 0.6617; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Oat Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#D8CAB8Oat
Secondary#B7C5D7#B7C5D7
Surface#D7B9B7#D7B9B7
Background#D5D7B7#D5D7B7
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-oat-primary: #D8CAB8;
--palette-oat-secondary: #B7C5D7;
--palette-oat-surface: #D7B9B7;
--palette-oat-background: #D5D7B7;
--palette-oat-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Oat Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#D8CAB8
Black 13.06:1 · White 1.61:1
Best #000000
Secondary#B7C5D7
Black 11.98:1 · White 1.75:1
Best #000000
Surface#D7B9B7
Black 11.51:1 · White 1.82:1
Best #000000
Background#D5D7B7
Black 14.23:1 · White 1.48:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Oat Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Oat Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Oat Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.603
Black text13.06:1AA Pass
White text1.61:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#D8CAB8",
    "name": "Oat"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#B7C5D7",
    "name": "#B7C5D7"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#D7B9B7",
    "name": "#D7B9B7"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#D5D7B7",
    "name": "#D5D7B7"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#D8CAB8",
    "name": "Oat",
    "blackContrast": 13.06,
    "whiteContrast": 1.61,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#B7C5D7",
    "name": "#B7C5D7",
    "blackContrast": 11.98,
    "whiteContrast": 1.75,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#D7B9B7",
    "name": "#D7B9B7",
    "blackContrast": 11.51,
    "whiteContrast": 1.82,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#D5D7B7",
    "name": "#D5D7B7",
    "blackContrast": 14.23,
    "whiteContrast": 1.48,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "oat palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-oat-primary: #D8CAB8;\n--palette-oat-secondary: #B7C5D7;\n--palette-oat-surface: #D7B9B7;\n--palette-oat-background: #D5D7B7;\n--palette-oat-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "oat",
  "name": "Oat Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "oat",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Oat, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Oat Palette combines primary #D8CAB8, secondary #B7C5D7, surface #D7B9B7, background #D5D7B7, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a orange palette, blue palette, red palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "oat palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#D8CAB8",
      "slug": "oat",
      "name": "Oat",
      "rgb": [
        216,
        202,
        184
      ],
      "hsl": [
        34,
        29,
        78
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        6,
        15,
        15
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.603,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 13.06,
        "white": 1.61
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/oat/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B7C5D7",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B7C5D7",
      "rgb": [
        183,
        197,
        215
      ],
      "hsl": [
        214,
        29,
        78
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        15,
        8,
        0,
        16
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.5491,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 11.98,
        "white": 1.75
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D7B9B7",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#D7B9B7",
      "rgb": [
        215,
        185,
        183
      ],
      "hsl": [
        4,
        29,
        78
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        14,
        15,
        16
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.5256,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 11.51,
        "white": 1.82
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D5D7B7",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#D5D7B7",
      "rgb": [
        213,
        215,
        183
      ],
      "hsl": [
        64,
        29,
        78
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        1,
        0,
        15,
        16
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.6617,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 14.23,
        "white": 1.48
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#D8CAB8",
      "name": "Oat"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B7C5D7",
      "name": "#B7C5D7"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D7B9B7",
      "name": "#D7B9B7"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D5D7B7",
      "name": "#D5D7B7"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#D8CAB8",
      "name": "Oat",
      "blackContrast": 13.06,
      "whiteContrast": 1.61,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#B7C5D7",
      "name": "#B7C5D7",
      "blackContrast": 11.98,
      "whiteContrast": 1.75,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#D7B9B7",
      "name": "#D7B9B7",
      "blackContrast": 11.51,
      "whiteContrast": 1.82,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#D5D7B7",
      "name": "#D5D7B7",
      "blackContrast": 14.23,
      "whiteContrast": 1.48,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-oat-primary: #D8CAB8;\n--palette-oat-secondary: #B7C5D7;\n--palette-oat-surface: #D7B9B7;\n--palette-oat-background: #D5D7B7;\n--palette-oat-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/oat.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/oat/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/oat.json"
}
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