HEX atlas value

#F5D7AD

#F5D7AD is a warm orange HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 245, 215, 173, HSL 35, 78%, 82%, has luminance 0.7103, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#F5D7AD Sample readable text

HEX #F5D7AD

RGB rgb(245, 215, 173)

HSL hsl(35 78% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 12, 29, 4)

Luminance 0.7103

Contrast Black 15.21:1White 1.38:1

CSS

--color-f5d7ad: #F5D7AD;
.background-f5d7ad { background-color: #F5D7AD; }
.text-f5d7ad { color: #F5D7AD; }

Luminance0.7103

Black text15.21:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA 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":"#F5D7AD","rgb":[245,215,173],"hsl":[35,78,82],"cmyk":[0,12,29,4],"luminance":0.7103,"contrast":{"black":15.21,"white":1.38}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.21,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.38,"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":"#EFF5AD","hex":"#EFF5AD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.33,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"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"]}]

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/f5d7ad.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":"#ADCBF5","analogous":["#F5B3AD","#EFF5AD"],"triadic":["#ADF5D7","#D7ADF5"],"tetradic":["#ADF5B3","#ADCBF5","#F5ADEF"],"splitComplementary":["#ADEFF5","#B3ADF5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F5D7AD","#EBAF5C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EBAF5C","saturated":"#FFD9A3","desaturated":"#EBD5B7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEACC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":9.219544457292887},{"slug":"apricot","name":"Apricot","hex":"#FBCEB1","distance":11.532562594670797},{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":12.206555615733702},{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":13.92838827718412},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":14.2828568570857}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F5D7AD

#F5D7AD is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #F5D7AD is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 245, 215, and 173, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 35deg 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 0.7103, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.22, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.21:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F5D7AD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.21:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#EFF5AD#000000 text · best 18.33:1#EFF5AD

Vanilla#000000 text · best 16.61:1#F3E5AB

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

Wheat#000000 text · best 15.98:1#F5DEB3

Generated Palette

#F5D7AD#F5D7AD

#ADCBF5#ADCBF5

#F5B3AD#F5B3AD

#EFF5AD#EFF5AD

White#FFFFFF

#EBAF5C#EBAF5C

Color Harmonies

#ADCBF5#ADCBF5

#F5B3AD#F5B3AD

#EFF5AD#EFF5AD

#ADF5D7#ADF5D7

#D7ADF5#D7ADF5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EBAF5C#EBAF5C

#FFD9A3#FFD9A3

#EBD5B7#EBD5B7

White#FFFFFF

#FFEACC#FFEACC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Apricot#FBCEB1

Navajo White#FFDEAD

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Vanilla#F3E5AB

#F5D7AD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F5D7AD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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