Information about #F5DC79 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #F5DC79 reads as a maximally vivid yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sandy (#F1DA7A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jasmine (#F8DE7E) and Sweet Corn (#F9E176).
In RGB terms — rgb(245, 220, 121) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #F5DC79: 15.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #F5DC79 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#F5DC79 color variations
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#F5DC79 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#F5DC79 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#F5DC79 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#F5DC79 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#F5DC79 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #F5DC79 color
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Nearest named colors to #F5DC79
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#F1DA7A
#F8DE7E
#F9E176
#F9D77E
#FFD87A
#EEDC82
#FFD67B
#FEE37F
#ECE67E
#FDDB6D
#FDDE6C
#FFE87C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#F5DC79
- RGB245, 220, 121
- CMYK0, 10, 49, 4
- CSSrgb(245, 220, 121)
- HSL48°, 86%, 72%
- HSL Precise47.903°, 86.111%, 71.765%
- HSV48°, 51%, 96%
- HSB48°, 51%, 96%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.961
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.863
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
- GLSLvec3(0.961, 0.863, 0.475)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.961, 0.863, 0.475, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.961, 0.863, 0.475)
- Percentage of Red in RGB96.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDF5DC79
- DECIMAL ID16112761
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
