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

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#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
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

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.

Compare both in the Contrast System
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.

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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.

50#FFF3E5

White
1.09
Black
19.20
100This color#FFE4C4

White
1.22
Black
17.14
200#EBD3B8

White
1.44
Black
14.54
300#D2B99C

White
1.88
Black
11.15
400#B69D7F

White
2.58
Black
8.11
500#9A8264

White
3.65
Black
5.75
600#826A4E

White
5.09
Black
4.12
700#6A5439

White
7.14
Black
2.94
800#4F3C23

White
10.48
Black
2.00
900#36250F

White
14.70
Black
1.42
950#211302

White
18.12
Black
1.15

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.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.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

In CSS

/* 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.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#EEE4C2 ΔE2000 7.4

Noticeable

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F5EBC5 ΔE2000 7.8

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFDDDB ΔE2000 14.0

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish red
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.

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Base#FFE4C4
Complement#D9EBFF

Complementary

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−30°#FFE2D7
Base#FFE4C4
+30°#EFEBC4

Analogous

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Base#FFE4C4
+120°#C2F4F1
+240°#F3E1FF

Triadic

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Base#FFE4C4
+150°#C8F0FF
+210°#E5E7FF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-bisque: #ffe4c4;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        bisque: '#ffe4c4',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-bisque: oklch(0.933 0.051 71.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "bisque": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.8941, 0.7686],
        "hex": "#ffe4c4"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color bisque"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let bisque = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.769, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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

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Bisque #FFE4C4

#FFE4C4 color codes

Contrast: is #FFE4C4 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFE4C4 live

Shades and tints of #FFE4C4

How vivid #FFE4C4 can get

Mixing #FFE4C4

#FFE4C4 in an interface

How #FFE4C4 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFE4C4

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFE4C4 in the tools