What color is #F5E5AB?

#F5E5AB is a light, moderate yellow known as Butter Honey. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Butter Honey?

The RGB value is 245, 229, 171: 245 red, 229 green and 171 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Butter Honey?

The complementary color is #ABBBF5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #F5E5AB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.68:1 and white text 1.26:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Butter Honey color: hex code #F5E5AB

#F5E5AB rgb(245, 229, 171)

Shades of beige

Butter Honey has the hex code #F5E5AB. It is a light, moderate yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 96.1% red, 89.8% green and 67.1% blue (245, 229, 171).

Its hue angle is 47°, with 79% saturation and 82% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 30% yellow and 4% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.68:1).

Butter Honey (#F5E5AB) color codes

HEX	`#F5E5AB`
RGB	`rgb(245, 229, 171)`
RGB percent	`rgb(96.1%, 89.8%, 67.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(47, 79%, 82%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(47, 30%, 96%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 7%, 30%, 4%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.96, -3.08, 30.31)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.96, 30.47, 95.8)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(73.027, 78.393, 49.805)`
Decimal	`16115115`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Butter Honey, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #F5E5AB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.26:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#F5E5AB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.26:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #F5E5AB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #f5e5ab; }
.text { color: #f5e5ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5e5ab; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(245 229 171 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #f5e5ab, #e0f5ab); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #F5E5AB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #F5E5AB?: #F5E5AB is a light, moderate yellow known as Butter Honey. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Butter Honey?: The RGB value is 245, 229, 171: 245 red, 229 green and 171 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Butter Honey?: The complementary color is #ABBBF5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #F5E5AB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.68:1 and white text 1.26:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.