HEX atlas value

#F7F5BF

#F7F5BF is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Soft Yellow. RGB 247, 245, 191, HSL 58° 78% 86%, luminance 0.8884; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light pastel

#F7F5BF Sample readable text

HEX #F7F5BF

RGB rgb(247, 245, 191)

HSL hsl(58 78% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 1, 23, 3)

Luminance 0.8884

Contrast Black 18.77:1White 1.12:1

CSS

--color-f7f5bf: #F7F5BF;
.background-f7f5bf { background-color: #F7F5BF; }
.text-f7f5bf { color: #F7F5BF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F7F5BF

#F7F5BF is classified as a warm yellow value with light and pastel visual character. #F7F5BF is visually closest to Soft Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #FFF8B8.

The RGB channels are 247, 245, and 191, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 58deg with 78% saturation and 86% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-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 soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8884, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.05, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.77:1AA Pass

White text1.12:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F7F5BF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.77:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.12:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FFFDB8#FFFDB8 · #000000 text · best 19.99:1 Lemon Chiffon#FFFACD · #000000 text · best 19.81:1 Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2 · #000000 text · best 19.67:1 Soft Yellow#FFF8B8 · #000000 text · best 19.37:1

Generated Palette

#F7F5BF#F7F5BF

#BFC1F7#BFC1F7

#F7D9BF#F7D9BF

#DDF7BF#DDF7BF

White#FFFFFF

#EDE96E#EDE96E

Color Harmonies

#BFC1F7#BFC1F7

#F7D9BF#F7D9BF

#DDF7BF#DDF7BF

#BFF7F5#BFF7F5

#F5BFF7#F5BFF7

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EDE96E#EDE96E

#FFFDB8#FFFDB8

#EFEEC7#EFEEC7

White#FFFFFF

#FFFEE0#FFFEE0

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

Lemon Chiffon#FFFACD

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Bisque#FFE4C4

Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2

Luminance0.8884

Black text18.77:1AA Pass

White text1.12:1AA 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":"#F7F5BF","rgb":[247,245,191],"hsl":[58,78,86],"cmyk":[0,1,23,3],"luminance":0.8884,"contrast":{"black":18.77,"white":1.12}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.77,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.12,"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":"#FFFDB8","hex":"#FFFDB8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.99,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Lemon Chiffon","hex":"#FFFACD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.81,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","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"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","pastel","light yellow","pastel yellow","Soft Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f7f5bf.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lemon-chiffon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blanched-almond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BFC1F7","analogous":["#F7D9BF","#DDF7BF"],"triadic":["#BFF7F5","#F5BFF7"],"tetradic":["#BFF7D9","#BFC1F7","#F7BFDD"],"splitComplementary":["#BFDDF7","#D9BFF7"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F7F5BF","#EDE96E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EDE96E","saturated":"#FFFDB8","desaturated":"#EFEEC7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFEE0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-yellow","name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","distance":11.045361017187261},{"slug":"lemon-chiffon","name":"Lemon Chiffon","hex":"#FFFACD","distance":16.881943016134134},{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":18.973665961010276},{"slug":"bisque","name":"Bisque","hex":"#FFE4C4","distance":19.44222209522358},{"slug":"light-goldenrod-yellow","name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","distance":19.87460691435179}]

#F7F5BF

CSS

About #F7F5BF

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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