CSS named color
Moccasin #FFE4B5
The CSS keyword moccasin is #FFE4B5. It is a pale muted amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.930, chroma 0.068 and hue 81.4°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.8008
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.930 · 0.068 · 81.4
- Best text
- Black 17.01:1
- Hue family
- Yellow
#FFE4B5 color codes
- HEX
#FFE4B5- RGB
rgb(255, 228, 181)- HSL
hsl(38, 100%, 85%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.930 0.068 81.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.930 0.010 0.067)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 91.72, a* 2.44, b* 26.36- XYZ (D65)
X 77.32, Y 80.09, Z 55.09- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 11%, 29%, 0%)
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 #FFE4B5 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 17.01:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.23:1.
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
17.01:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +92
-
White text on it
1.23:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −13
Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1
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As text on black
17.01:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −92
-
As text on white
1.23:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +11
Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8C7348 4.50:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.93 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFE4B5 17.01:1
It already reaches 17.01:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFE4B5 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.
Scale
Shades and tints of #FFE4B5
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFE4B5 sits at step 100.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FFE4B5 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.068; #FFE4B5 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.084 there: 24% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.068
- sRGB edge
- 0.068
- Display P3 edge
- 0.084
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.129
- Dominant wavelength
- 578 nm
- Excitation purity
- 28%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3639, y 0.3769
- This color#FFE4B5
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFE4B5
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.930 0.084 81.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffe4b5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8943 0.6856); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFE4B5
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%#FFF2DA
- OKLab50%#FFF2DA
- OKLCH50%#FFF2DB
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#80725B
- OKLab50%#635844
- OKLCH50%#635844
Its complement #DBE9FF
- sRGB50%#EDE7DA
- OKLab50%#EDE7DB
- OKLCH50%#C7F3E3
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffe4b5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffe4b5 50%, white);In use
#FFE4B5 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, 4.5:117.01:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.23:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.23:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.23:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8C7348 4.50:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:117.01:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.18:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:115.18:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.18:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFE4B5 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 18.1; protanopia changes it least, 5.0.
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
#F0E3B2 ΔE2000 5.0
Noticeable
Reads as pale muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#F7EAB6 ΔE2000 5.2
Noticeable
Reads as pale muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FFDBD7 ΔE2000 18.1
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#E7E7E7 ΔE2000 16.6
Distinct
Reads as off-white
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #DBE9FF. 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 | #FFE4B5 · #DBE9FF | 26.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #F0E3B2 · #E2EAFF | 27.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #F7EAB6 · #DEE6FE | 28.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FFDBD7 · #D3EDF0 | 25.4 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #E7E7E7 · #E8E8E8 | 0.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFE4B5
Its complement is #DBE9FF, a pale grayish blue.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#FFE4B5
- Complement#DBE9FF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FFE1D0
- Base#FFE4B5
- +30°#E9EDB9
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFE4B5
- +120°#B2F6FB
- +240°#FADCFF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFE4B5
- +150°#CDEDFF
- +210°#E7E4FF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-moccasin: #ffe4b5;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
moccasin: '#ffe4b5',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-moccasin: oklch(0.930 0.068 81.4);
}{
"color": {
"moccasin": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.8941, 0.7098],
"hex": "#ffe4b5"
},
"$description": "CSS named color moccasin"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let moccasin = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.710, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Moccasin = Color(0xFFFFE4B5)
}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 #FFE4B5 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.