HEX atlas value

#F5D6AD

#F5D6AD is a warm orange HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 245, 214, 173, HSL 34, 78%, 82%, has luminance 0.7052, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#F5D6AD Sample readable text

HEX #F5D6AD

RGB rgb(245, 214, 173)

HSL hsl(34 78% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 13, 29, 4)

Luminance 0.7052

Contrast Black 15.1:1White 1.39:1

CSS

--color-f5d6ad: #F5D6AD;
.background-f5d6ad { background-color: #F5D6AD; }
.text-f5d6ad { color: #F5D6AD; }

Luminance0.7052

Black text15.1:1AA Pass

White text1.39:1AA 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":"#F5D6AD","rgb":[245,214,173],"hsl":[34,78,82],"cmyk":[0,13,29,4],"luminance":0.7052,"contrast":{"black":15.1,"white":1.39}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.1,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.39,"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":"#F0F5AD","hex":"#F0F5AD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.37,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.3,"contrastWhite":1.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.98,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFD7A3","hex":"#FFD7A3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.5,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","pastel","pastel orange","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f5d6ad.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/apricot.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/navajo-white.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ADCCF5","analogous":["#F5B2AD","#F0F5AD"],"triadic":["#ADF5D6","#D6ADF5"],"tetradic":["#ADF5B2","#ADCCF5","#F5ADF0"],"splitComplementary":["#ADF0F5","#B2ADF5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F5D6AD","#EBAD5C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EBAD5C","saturated":"#FFD7A3","desaturated":"#EBD5B7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE9CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":10},{"slug":"apricot","name":"Apricot","hex":"#FBCEB1","distance":10.770329614269007},{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":12.806248474865697},{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":13.96424004376894},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":14.352700094407323}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F5D6AD

#F5D6AD is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #F5D6AD is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 245, 214, and 173, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 34deg with 78% 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 0.7052, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.1:1AA Pass

White text1.39:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F5D6AD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.1:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.39:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#F0F5AD#000000 text · best 18.37:1#F0F5AD

Navajo White#000000 text · best 16.3:1#FFDEAD

Wheat#000000 text · best 15.98:1#F5DEB3

#FFD7A3#000000 text · best 15.5:1#FFD7A3

Generated Palette

#F5D6AD#F5D6AD

#ADCCF5#ADCCF5

#F5B2AD#F5B2AD

#F0F5AD#F0F5AD

White#FFFFFF

#EBAD5C#EBAD5C

Color Harmonies

#ADCCF5#ADCCF5

#F5B2AD#F5B2AD

#F0F5AD#F0F5AD

#ADF5D6#ADF5D6

#D6ADF5#D6ADF5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EBAD5C#EBAD5C

#FFD7A3#FFD7A3

#EBD5B7#EBD5B7

White#FFFFFF

#FFE9CC#FFE9CC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Apricot#FBCEB1

Navajo White#FFDEAD

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Feldspar#F0CDB7

#F5D6AD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F5D6AD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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