HEX atlas value

#FFF5EE

#FFF5EE is a warm orange HEX color nearest Sea Shell. RGB 255, 245, 238, HSL 25° 100% 97%, luminance 0.9274; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#FFF5EE Sample readable text

HEX #FFF5EE

RGB rgb(255, 245, 238)

HSL hsl(25 100% 97%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 7, 0)

Luminance 0.9274

Contrast Black 19.55:1White 1.07:1

CSS

--color-fff5ee: #FFF5EE;
.background-fff5ee { background-color: #FFF5EE; }
.text-fff5ee { color: #FFF5EE; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFF5EE

#FFF5EE is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #FFF5EE is visually closest to Sea Shell, a named orange color with HEX #FFF5EE.

The RGB channels are 255, 245, and 238, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 25deg with 100% saturation and 97% 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 0.9274, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.55:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFF5EE needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.55:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FFFEF0#FFFEF0 · #000000 text · best 20.69:1 Floral White#FFFAF0 · #000000 text · best 20.18:1 #F0F9FF#F0F9FF · #000000 text · best 19.7:1 Powder Coat White#F8F8F2 · #000000 text · best 19.7:1

Generated Palette

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

#F0F9FF#F0F9FF

#FFF0F1#FFF0F1

#FFFEF0#FFFEF0

White#FFFFFF

#FFC194#FFC194

Color Harmonies

#F0F9FF#F0F9FF

#FFF0F1#FFF0F1

#FFFEF0#FFFEF0

#F0FFF6#F0FFF6

#F6F0FF#F6F0FF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FFC194#FFC194

#FFF6F0#FFF6F0

#FDF6F1#FDF6F1

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Floral White#FFFAF0

Old Lace#FDF5E6

Lavender Blush#FFF0F5

Powder Coat White#F8F8F2

Luminance0.9274

Black text19.55:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA 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":"#FFF5EE","rgb":[255,245,238],"hsl":[25,100,97],"cmyk":[0,4,7,0],"luminance":0.9274,"contrast":{"black":19.55,"white":1.07}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.55,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.07,"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":"#FFFEF0","hex":"#FFFEF0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.69,"contrastWhite":1.02,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Floral White","hex":"#FFFAF0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.18,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F0F9FF","hex":"#F0F9FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.7,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.7,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Sea Shell adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fff5ee.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-shell.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/floral-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-lace.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F0F9FF","analogous":["#FFF0F1","#FFFEF0"],"triadic":["#F0FFF6","#F6F0FF"],"tetradic":["#F1FFF0","#F0F9FF","#FEF0FF"],"splitComplementary":["#F0FFFE","#F0F1FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFF5EE","#FFC194"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFC194","saturated":"#FFF6F0","desaturated":"#FDF6F1","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sea-shell","name":"Sea Shell","hex":"#FFF5EE","distance":0},{"slug":"floral-white","name":"Floral White","hex":"#FFFAF0","distance":5.385164807134504},{"slug":"old-lace","name":"Old Lace","hex":"#FDF5E6","distance":8.246211251235321},{"slug":"lavender-blush","name":"Lavender Blush","hex":"#FFF0F5","distance":8.602325267042627},{"slug":"powder-coat-white","name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","distance":8.602325267042627}]

#FFF5EE

CSS

About #FFF5EE

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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