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#F5DCAA

#f5dcaa ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f5dcaa is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.08% red, 86.27% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 30.61% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 78.95% saturation and 81.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 1.8.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.735

Complementary

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #aac3f5

Split complementary

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #aae8f5
  3. #b6aaf5

Analogous

  1. #f5b6aa
  2. #f5dcaa
  3. #e8f5aa

Triadic

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #aaf5dc
  3. #dcaaf5

Tetradic

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #c3f5aa
  3. #aac3f5
  4. #dcaaf5

Square

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #aaf5b6
  3. #aac3f5
  4. #f5aae8

Monochromatic

  1. #e5a421
  2. #edc066
  3. #f5dcaa
  4. #fdf7ed
  5. #fdf7ed

Shades

#f5dcaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #ddc699
  3. #c4b088
  4. #ac9a77
  5. #938466
  6. #7b6e55
  7. #625844
  8. #4a4233
  9. #312c22
  10. #191611
  11. #000000

Tints

#f5dcaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #f6e0b3
  3. #f7e3bb
  4. #f8e7c4
  5. #f9eacc
  6. #faeed5
  7. #fbf1dd
  8. #fcf5e6
  9. #fdf8ee
  10. #fefcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f5dcaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f5dcaa
  2. #e9d3a6
  3. #decaa2
  4. #d2c09d
  5. #c6b799
  6. #bbae95
  7. #afa591
  8. #a39c8d
  9. #979288
  10. #8c8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8decc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8dba7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efe1ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eedba8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1dfab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fcd7c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f5dcaa {
  color: #f5dcaa;
}
Background
.bg-f5dcaa {
  background-color: #f5dcaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f5dcaa {
  border: 2px solid #f5dcaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f5dcaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 245 220 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 79% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f5dcaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5dcaa, #e8f5aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f5dcaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(245 220 170 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 1.80 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 2.09 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 2.23 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 2.82 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 3.76 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.62 #ffe4c4 Bisque ΔE 6.01 #0a2355 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Wheat
#f5dcaa  rgb(245, 220, 170)  hsl(40, 79%, 81%)  Wheat
#aac3f5  rgb(170, 195, 245)  hsl(220, 79%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#aaf5dc  rgb(170, 245, 220)  hsl(160, 79%, 81%)  Magic Mint
#dcaaf5  rgb(220, 170, 245)  hsl(280, 79%, 81%)  Mauve