HEX atlas value

#F5DDAD

#F5DDAD is a warm orange HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 245, 221, 173, HSL 40, 78%, 82%, has luminance 0.7414, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#F5DDAD Sample readable text

HEX #F5DDAD

RGB rgb(245, 221, 173)

HSL hsl(40 78% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 10, 29, 4)

Luminance 0.7414

Contrast Black 15.83:1White 1.33:1

CSS

--color-f5ddad: #F5DDAD;
.background-f5ddad { background-color: #F5DDAD; }
.text-f5ddad { color: #F5DDAD; }

Luminance0.7414

Black text15.83:1AA Pass

White text1.33:1AA 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":"#F5DDAD","rgb":[245,221,173],"hsl":[40,78,82],"cmyk":[0,10,29,4],"luminance":0.7414,"contrast":{"black":15.83,"white":1.33}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.83,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.33,"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":"#E9F5AD","hex":"#E9F5AD","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.13,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"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"]}]

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/f5ddad.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/navajo-white.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ADC5F5","analogous":["#F5B9AD","#E9F5AD"],"triadic":["#ADF5DD","#DDADF5"],"tetradic":["#ADF5B9","#ADC5F5","#F5ADE9"],"splitComplementary":["#ADE9F5","#B9ADF5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F5DDAD","#EBBB5C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EBBB5C","saturated":"#FFE0A3","desaturated":"#EBDAB7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEECC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":6.082762530298219},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":8.48528137423857},{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":10.04987562112089},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":13.379088160259652},{"slug":"moccasin","name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","distance":14.594519519326424}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F5DDAD

#F5DDAD is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #F5DDAD is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 245, 221, and 173, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 40deg 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 0.7414, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.08, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.83:1AA Pass

White text1.33:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F5DDAD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.83:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.33:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#E9F5AD#000000 text · best 18.13:1#E9F5AD

Moccasin#000000 text · best 17.02:1#FFE4B5

Pale Goldenrod#000000 text · best 16.76:1#EEE8AA

Vanilla#000000 text · best 16.61:1#F3E5AB

Generated Palette

#F5DDAD#F5DDAD

#ADC5F5#ADC5F5

#F5B9AD#F5B9AD

#E9F5AD#E9F5AD

White#FFFFFF

#EBBB5C#EBBB5C

Color Harmonies

#ADC5F5#ADC5F5

#F5B9AD#F5B9AD

#E9F5AD#E9F5AD

#ADF5DD#ADF5DD

#DDADF5#DDADF5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EBBB5C#EBBB5C

#FFE0A3#FFE0A3

#EBDAB7#EBDAB7

White#FFFFFF

#FFEECC#FFEECC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Navajo White#FFDEAD

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Moccasin#FFE4B5

#F5DDAD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F5DDAD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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