#D9C2AD · near Putty

#D9C2AD (RGB 217, 194, 173) is a light, muted beige, closest to Putty and near Light Tan and Peach Beige. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #D9C2AD a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 83% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 65°.

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HEX#D9C2AD

RGBrgb(217, 194, 173)

HSLhsl(29, 37%, 76%)

CMYK0, 11, 20, 15

CSS var--putty

Contrast1.71:1 white · 12.27:1 black

Similar named colors

Putty #CDBFA9Light Tan #E8C39EPeach Beige #EDCBB1Silver #C0C0C0Tan #D2B48C

How to use #D9C2AD

Black text passes WCAG AA on #D9C2AD (12.27:1); white text does not (1.71:1).

For a calm scheme pair #D9C2AD with its analogous neighbors #D8ABAC and #D8D8AB; for contrast use its complement #ABC3D8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--putty: #D9C2AD;

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Shades & tints

#2B2723#574E45#827468#AE9B8A#D9C2AD#E1CEBD#E8DACE#F0E7DE#F7F3EF

Color harmonies for #D9C2AD

Complementary

#D9C2AD#ABC3D8

Analogous

#D9C2AD#D8ABAC#D8D8AB

Triadic

#D9C2AD#ABD8C1#C1ABD8

Split complementary

#D9C2AD#ABD8D8#ABACD8

Tetradic

#D9C2AD#ACD8AB#ABC3D8#D8ABD8