CSS named color
Bisque #FFE4C4
The CSS keyword bisque is #FFE4C4. It is a pale muted orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.933, chroma 0.051 and hue 71.8°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.8073
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.933 · 0.051 · 71.8
- Best text
- Black 17.14:1
- Hue family
- Orange
#FFE4C4 color codes
- HEX
#FFE4C4- RGB
rgb(255, 228, 196)- HSL
hsl(33, 100%, 88%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.933 0.051 71.8)- OKLab
oklab(0.933 0.016 0.049)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 92.01, a* 4.43, b* 19.01- XYZ (D65)
X 78.95, Y 80.73, Z 63.64- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 11%, 23%, 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 #FFE4C4 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 17.14:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.22:1.
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
17.14:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +92
-
White text on it
1.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −12
Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1
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As text on black
17.14:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −92
-
As text on white
1.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +11
Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8A7255 4.54:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.93 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFE4C4 17.14:1
It already reaches 17.14:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFE4C4 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 #FFE4C4
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFE4C4 sits at step 100.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FFE4C4 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.051; #FFE4C4 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.065 there: 26% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.051
- sRGB edge
- 0.051
- Display P3 edge
- 0.065
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.099
- Dominant wavelength
- 580 nm
- Excitation purity
- 21%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3535, y 0.3615
- This color#FFE4C4
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFE4C4
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.933 0.065 71.8)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffe4c4;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8934 0.7484); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFE4C4
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%#FFF2E2
- OKLab50%#FFF2E2
- OKLCH50%#FFF2E2
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#807262
- OKLab50%#63584A
- OKLCH50%#63584A
Its complement #D9EBFF
- sRGB50%#ECE8E2
- OKLab50%#EDE8E2
- OKLCH50%#D1F2E0
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffe4c4, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffe4c4 50%, white);In use
#FFE4C4 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, 4.5:117.14:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.22:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.22:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.22:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8A7255 4.54:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:117.14:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.29:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:115.29:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.29:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFE4C4 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 14.0; protanopia changes it least, 7.4.
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
#EEE4C2 ΔE2000 7.4
Noticeable
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#F5EBC5 ΔE2000 7.8
Noticeable
Reads as pale muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FFDDDB ΔE2000 14.0
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#E8E8E8 ΔE2000 13.8
Distinct
Reads as off-white
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #D9EBFF. 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 | #FFE4C4 · #D9EBFF | 23.5 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #EEE4C2 · #E4EBFF | 22.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #F5EBC5 · #E0E7FF | 25.5 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FFDDDB · #D0EFF1 | 26.9 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #E8E8E8 · #E9E9E9 | 0.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFE4C4
Its complement is #D9EBFF, 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#FFE4C4
- Complement#D9EBFF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FFE2D7
- Base#FFE4C4
- +30°#EFEBC4
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFE4C4
- +120°#C2F4F1
- +240°#F3E1FF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFE4C4
- +150°#C8F0FF
- +210°#E5E7FF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-bisque: #ffe4c4;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
bisque: '#ffe4c4',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-bisque: oklch(0.933 0.051 71.8);
}{
"color": {
"bisque": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.8941, 0.7686],
"hex": "#ffe4c4"
},
"$description": "CSS named color bisque"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let bisque = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.769, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Bisque = Color(0xFFFFE4C4)
}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 #FFE4C4 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.