Wheat (#f5deb3) is a very light, vivid orange. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: wheat as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(245, 222, 179); in HSL, hsl(39, 77%, 83%).
| Hex | #f5deb3 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | wheat |
| RGB | rgb(245, 222, 179) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 77%, 83%) |
| CMYK | 0%, 9%, 27%, 4% |
| CSS example | color: #f5deb3; background-color: rgb(245, 222, 179); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
Complementary — maximum contrast, from opposite sides of the color wheel:
Analogous — neighbours on the wheel, naturally harmonious:
Triadic — three colors evenly spaced for balanced variety:
Tetradic — four colors at 90° intervals:
On a #f5deb3 background, black text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 1.31:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Black text (#000000) | 15.98:1 | AAA | AAA |
The CSS named colors closest to #f5deb3:
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