HEX atlas value

#F5E3D6

#F5E3D6 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Parchment. RGB 245, 227, 214, HSL 25° 61% 90%, luminance 0.7921; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light

#F5E3D6 Sample readable text

HEX #F5E3D6

RGB rgb(245, 227, 214)

HSL hsl(25 61% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 13, 4)

Luminance 0.7921

Contrast Black 16.84:1White 1.25:1

CSS

--color-f5e3d6: #F5E3D6;
.background-f5e3d6 { background-color: #F5E3D6; }
.text-f5e3d6 { color: #F5E3D6; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F5E3D6

#F5E3D6 is classified as a warm orange value with light visual character. #F5E3D6 is visually closest to Parchment, a named yellow color with HEX #F1E9D2.

The RGB channels are 245, 227, and 214, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 25deg with 61% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7921, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 8.25, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.84:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F5E3D6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.84:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.25:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F5F2D6#F5F2D6 · #000000 text · best 18.55:1 Antique White#FAEBD7 · #000000 text · best 17.93:1 Canvas#F4EBD0 · #000000 text · best 17.64:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1

Generated Palette

#F5E3D6#F5E3D6

#D6E8F5#D6E8F5

#F5D6D9#F5D6D9

#F5F2D6#F5F2D6

White#FFFFFF

#E3B08C#E3B08C

Color Harmonies

#D6E8F5#D6E8F5

#F5D6D9#F5D6D9

#F5F2D6#F5F2D6

#D6F5E3#D6F5E3

#E3D6F5#E3D6F5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E3B08C#E3B08C

#FBE2D0#FBE2D0

#EFE4DC#EFE4DC

White#FFFFFF

#FFF9F5#FFF9F5

Nearest Named Colors

Parchment#F1E9D2

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Champagne#F7E7CE

Antique White#FAEBD7

Canvas#F4EBD0

Luminance0.7921

Black text16.84:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA 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":"#F5E3D6","rgb":[245,227,214],"hsl":[25,61,90],"cmyk":[0,7,13,4],"luminance":0.7921,"contrast":{"black":16.84,"white":1.25}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.84,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.25,"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":"#F5F2D6","hex":"#F5F2D6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.55,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.93,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.64,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","light orange","Parchment adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f5e3d6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/parchment.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D6E8F5","analogous":["#F5D6D9","#F5F2D6"],"triadic":["#D6F5E3","#E3D6F5"],"tetradic":["#D9F5D6","#D6E8F5","#F2D6F5"],"splitComplementary":["#D6F5F2","#D6D9F5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F5E3D6","#E3B08C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E3B08C","saturated":"#FBE2D0","desaturated":"#EFE4DC","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF9F5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":8.246211251235321},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":8.602325267042627},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":9.16515138991168},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":9.486832980505138},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":10.04987562112089}]

#F5E3D6

CSS

About #F5E3D6

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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