HEX atlas value

#F3FDA5

#F3FDA5 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Butter. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 243, 253, 165, HSL 67, 96%, 82%, has luminance 0.9202, and belongs to the pastel group.

yellow warm pastel

#F3FDA5 Sample readable text

HEX #F3FDA5

RGB rgb(243, 253, 165)

HSL hsl(67 96% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(4, 0, 35, 1)

Luminance 0.9202

Contrast Black 19.4:1White 1.08:1

CSS

--color-f3fda5: #F3FDA5;
.background-f3fda5 { background-color: #F3FDA5; }
.text-f3fda5 { color: #F3FDA5; }

Luminance0.9202

Black text19.4:1AA Pass

White text1.08:1AA 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":"#F3FDA5","rgb":[243,253,165],"hsl":[67,96,82],"cmyk":[4,0,35,1],"luminance":0.9202,"contrast":{"black":19.4,"white":1.08}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.4,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.08,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F4FFA3","hex":"#F4FFA3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.68,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Yellow","hex":"#FDFD96","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.67,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.37,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.4,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","pastel","pastel yellow","Butter adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f3fda5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butter.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#AFA5FD","analogous":["#FDDBA5","#C7FDA5"],"triadic":["#A5F3FD","#FDA5F3"],"tetradic":["#A5FDDB","#AFA5FD","#FDA5C7"],"splitComplementary":["#A5C7FD","#DBA5FD"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F3FDA5","#E7FB4B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E7FB4B","saturated":"#F4FFA3","desaturated":"#EBF3AF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F9FFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"butter","name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","distance":17.233687939614086},{"slug":"pastel-yellow","name":"Pastel Yellow","hex":"#FDFD96","distance":18.027756377319946},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":22.15851980616034},{"slug":"soft-yellow","name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","distance":23.021728866442675},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":24.73863375370596}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F3FDA5

#F3FDA5 is classified as a warm yellow value with pastel visual character. #F3FDA5 is visually closest to Butter, a named yellow color with HEX #FFF1A8.

The RGB channels are 243, 253, and 165, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 67deg with 96% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.9202, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.23, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.4:1AA Pass

White text1.08:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F3FDA5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.4:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.08:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#F4FFA3#000000 text · best 19.68:1#F4FFA3

Pastel Yellow#000000 text · best 19.67:1#FDFD96

Soft Yellow#000000 text · best 19.37:1#FFF8B8

Butter#000000 text · best 18.4:1#FFF1A8

Generated Palette

#F3FDA5#F3FDA5

#AFA5FD#AFA5FD

#FDDBA5#FDDBA5

#C7FDA5#C7FDA5

White#FFFFFF

#E7FB4B#E7FB4B

Color Harmonies

#AFA5FD#AFA5FD

#FDDBA5#FDDBA5

#C7FDA5#C7FDA5

#A5F3FD#A5F3FD

#FDA5F3#FDA5F3

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E7FB4B#E7FB4B

#F4FFA3#F4FFA3

#EBF3AF#EBF3AF

White#FFFFFF

#F9FFCC#F9FFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Butter#FFF1A8

Pastel Yellow#FDFD96

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

Vanilla#F3E5AB

#F3FDA5

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F3FDA5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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