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Color#f5efc2rgb(245, 239, 194) · orange

#f5efc2 color

Values, variations, harmonies, an accessible palette and ready-to-paste CSS for #f5efc2.

Color values

The same color written in every notation you are likely to need. Click any row to copy it.

What HEX means

#f5efc2 packs three channels into hexadecimal pairs from 00 to FF: f5 red, ef green, c2 blue.

What RGB means

Red 245, green 239, blue 194 — each from 0 to 255. It is the same color as the hex above, just in decimal.

What HSL means

Hue 53° (orange), saturation 72%, lightness 86%. HSL is handy when you want the same hue a little lighter or less saturated.

Why OKLCH

OKLCH is a perceptual space — changing its lightness (94.6%) matches how your eye reads brightness far better than HSL, which is why the palette below is generated in it.

Accessibility & contrast

WCAG requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text at level AA. Use this to decide whether white or black text belongs on this color.

AaThis text is readable
White text1.17:1
AA AAA AA Large
AaThis text is readable
Black text18.01:1
AA AAA AA Large

Closest accessible alternative

Nudged in lightness to reach 4.5:1 while keeping the hue as close as possible.

Aa

For white text

#7d774f

4.54:1

UI preview

How this color behaves in a real interface, not just as a square.

Badge

A paragraph with a themed link inside it.

Information

An alert accented with this color.

Progress

Tints & shades

A tint mixes the color toward white; a shade mixes it toward black. Click any swatch to open it.

Color harmonies

Schemes built by rotating the hue around the color wheel — the starting point for a coherent palette.

Complementary

Opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast.

Analogous

Neighbours on the wheel — calm and cohesive.

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart — vivid but balanced.

Split complementary

Softer than a straight complement.

Tetradic

Four hues — enough for a design system.

Palette generator

A Tailwind-style 50–950 ramp anchored on this color at step 500, generated in OKLCH so the steps feel evenly spaced.

:root {
  --primary-50: #faf8ec;
  --primary-100: #f0eedb;
  --primary-200: #dedac0;
  --primary-300: #c7c2a1;
  --primary-400: #a8a37c;
  --primary-500: #f5efc2;
  --primary-600: #6e6941;
  --primary-700: #59542f;
  --primary-800: #474222;
  --primary-900: #393519;
  --primary-950: #201d0d;
}

Gradient

A linear blend from this color to its complement, with the CSS ready to paste.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5efc2, #c2c8f5);

Nearest named colors

The closest matches from a corpus of about 31,900 named colours, ranked by ΔE (CIEDE2000) — a measure of how different two colours look. ΔE under 1 is nearly indistinguishable; around 10 is clearly different.

CSS code

Every common way to use this color in a stylesheet or a component.

color: #f5efc2;
background-color: #f5efc2;
:root {
  --color-primary: #f5efc2;
}
color: rgb(245 239 194);
color: oklch(94.6% 0.0587 101.13);
<div class="bg-[#f5efc2]">…</div>