CSS named color

Wheat #F5DEB3

The CSS keyword wheat is #F5DEB3. It is a pale muted amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.909, chroma 0.061 and hue 83.0°.

Relative luminance: 0.7491
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.909 · 0.061 · 83.0
Best text: Black 15.98:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#F5DEB3 color codes

HEX: #F5DEB3
RGB: rgb(245, 222, 179)
HSL: hsl(39, 77%, 83%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.909 0.061 83.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.909 0.007 0.061)
CIELAB (D65): L* 89.35, a* 1.51, b* 24.01
XYZ (D65): X 71.91, Y 74.91, Z 53.31
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 9%, 27%, 4%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #F5DEB3 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 15.98:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.31:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

15.98:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +88
White text on it

1.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −17
Text is here, unreadable at 1.31:1
As text on black

15.98:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −88
As text on white

1.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +15
Text is here, unreadable at 1.31:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#89744C 4.50:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.91 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#F5DEB3 15.98:1

It already reaches 15.98:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F5DEB3 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #F5DEB3

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F5DEB3 sits at step 200.

50#FFF4DF

White
1.09
Black
19.25
100#FCE9C5

White
1.19
Black
17.60
200This color#F5DEB3

White
1.31
Black
15.98
300#D0BB94

White
1.87
Black
11.21
400#B49F76

White
2.57
Black
8.16
500#98835B

White
3.66
Black
5.73
600#806C44

White
5.06
Black
4.14
700#68552F

White
7.16
Black
2.92
800#4E3D1A

White
10.46
Black
2.00
900#352605

White
14.67
Black
1.43
950#1F1400

White
18.12
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #F5DEB3 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.093; #F5DEB3 uses 66% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.115 there: 24% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.061
sRGB edge: 0.093
Display P3 edge: 0.115
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.174
Dominant wavelength: 577 nm
Excitation purity: 26%
Chromaticity: x 0.3593, y 0.3743

This color#F5DEB3
Most vivid in sRGB#FFDC99
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.909 0.115 83.0)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #f5deb3;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8624 0.5682); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #F5DEB3

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FAEFD9
OKLab50%#FAEFD9
OKLCH50%#FAEFD9

Black #000000

sRGB50%#7B6F5A
OKLab50%#5F5543
OKLCH50%#5F5543

Its complement #D2E2FF

sRGB50%#E4E0D9
OKLab50%#E4E1DA
OKLCH50%#BFEDDE

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f5deb3, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f5deb3 50%, white);

In use

#F5DEB3 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:115.98:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.31:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.31:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.31:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #89744C 4.50:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:115.98:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.25:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.25:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.25:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F5DEB3 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 18.8; protanopia changes it least, 4.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#E9DDB0 ΔE2000 4.3

Close match

Reads as pale muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#EFE3B4 ΔE2000 4.4

Close match

Reads as pale muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFD6D2 ΔE2000 18.8

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E0E0E0 ΔE2000 15.6

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #D2E2FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#F5DEB3 · #D2E2FF	28.2	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#E9DDB0 · #D9E3FF	28.8	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#EFE3B4 · #D5DFFE	30.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFD6D2 · #C7E8EB	29.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E0E0E0 · #E1E1E1	0.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F5DEB3

Its complement is #D2E2FF, a pale grayish blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#F5DEB3
Complement#D2E2FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFD8C0
Base#F5DEB3
+30°#E0E6B7

Analogous

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Base#F5DEB3
+120°#B1EEF3
+240°#F6D4F9

Triadic

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Base#F5DEB3
+150°#BFE8FF
+210°#E1DCFF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-wheat: #f5deb3;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        wheat: '#f5deb3',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-wheat: oklch(0.909 0.061 83.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "wheat": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9608, 0.8706, 0.702],
        "hex": "#f5deb3"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color wheat"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let wheat = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.961, green: 0.871, blue: 0.702, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Wheat = Color(0xFFF5DEB3)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #F5DEB3 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Wheat #F5DEB3

#F5DEB3 color codes

Contrast: is #F5DEB3 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #F5DEB3 live

Shades and tints of #F5DEB3

How vivid #F5DEB3 can get

Mixing #F5DEB3

#F5DEB3 in an interface

How #F5DEB3 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #F5DEB3

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #F5DEB3 in the tools