Dolly #F5F171

Dolly (#F5F171) is a near-white, saturated yellow with an OKLCH hue of 107°, lightness 0.94 and chroma 0.15. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#F5F171
RGBrgb(245, 241, 113)
HSLhsl(58, 87%, 70%)
HSVhsv(58, 54%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2%, 54%, 4%)
CIE Lablab(93.2 -14.9 61.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.937 0.150 107)

How Dolly behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Dolly shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Dolly in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.19:1 and against black 17.7:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Dolly

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#f5f171 · #d3cf58 · #aba738 · #858115 · #605c00 · #3c3a00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f5f171 · #f9d35b · #f6b552 · #ec9b55 · #dc825c · #c86d64

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f5f171 · #80b999 · #94901e · #008353 · #585500 · #004328

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#f5f171 · #c9c9a8 · #a9a86a · #6454b6 · #49470e · #2b2a06

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f5f171 · #cbcbda · #91917c · #55555f · #25240f · #010004

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f1f0fc · #c8c7d5 · #9a9aa9 · #212032 · #03020e · #f5f171

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#f5f171 · #bedec4 · #d641f0 · #4f7052 · #2c3861 · #21060f

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#f5f171 · #b2d9ee · #859cba · #844aa1 · #293653 · #140c04

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f5f171 · #afd3e4 · #1d9dc8 · #8d2866 · #45002d · #000409

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f5f171 · #abd6d7 · #00a3a7 · #5442a3 · #4a000f · #02000f

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F5F285 · #F6F498 · #F6F5A9 · #F7F6B9 · #F7F7C9

Shades

#C8C44F · #9D992C · #747100 · #4D4A00 · #282700

Muted

#F2F091 · #F0EFAB · #EDEDC4

Using Dolly

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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