Information about Nougat color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #D6C1AB reads as a softly balanced orange and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Alpaca (#D3C0AA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Biscotti (#D2C1A9) and Akaroa (#D4C4A8).
In RGB terms — rgb(214, 193, 171) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #D6C1AB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. The name "Nougat" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Nougat color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Nougat color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Nougat color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Nougat color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Nougat color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Nougat color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Nougat color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Nougat
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#D3C0AA
#D2C1A9
#D4C4A8
#D8BCAB
#D4C6AA
#D1BFA9
#DCBFAC
#D7BDA6
#D1BEA8
#D5C9AE
#D1C6A6
#D4BBB1
Nougat color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#D6C1AB
- RGB214, 193, 171
- CMYK0, 8, 17, 16
- CSSrgb(214, 193, 171)
- HSL31°, 34%, 75%
- HSL Precise30.698°, 34.4%, 75.49%
- HSV31°, 20%, 84%
- HSB31°, 20%, 84%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.839
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.757
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.671
- GLSLvec3(0.839, 0.757, 0.671)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.839, 0.757, 0.671, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.839, 0.757, 0.671)
- Percentage of Red in RGB83.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB75.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.1%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDD6C1AB
- DECIMAL ID14074283
- Name Length6
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- Counting from2025-01-01
