CSS named color

Papaya Whip #FFEFD5

The CSS keyword papayawhip is #FFEFD5. It is a pale grayish amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.958, chroma 0.038 and hue 80.0°.

Relative luminance: 0.8780
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.958 · 0.038 · 80.0
Best text: Black 18.55:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFEFD5 color codes

HEX: #FFEFD5
RGB: rgb(255, 239, 213)
HSL: hsl(37, 100%, 92%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.958 0.038 80.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.958 0.007 0.038)
CIELAB (D65): L* 95.08, a* 1.27, b* 14.53
XYZ (D65): X 84.12, Y 87.80, Z 75.45
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 6%, 16%, 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 #FFEFD5 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 18.55:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.13:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

18.55:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +97
White text on it

1.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.13:1
As text on black

18.55:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −98
As text on white

1.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.13:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#81735C 4.62:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.96 to 0.56 reaches 4.62:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFEFD5 18.55:1

It already reaches 18.55:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFEFD5 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 #FFEFD5

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFEFD5 sits at step 50.

50This color#FFEFD5

White
1.13
Black
18.55
100#F6E9D4

White
1.19
Black
17.52
200#E3D6BF

White
1.43
Black
14.63
300#CABCA4

White
1.86
Black
11.24
400#AE9F88

White
2.58
Black
8.11
500#92846C

White
3.65
Black
5.73
600#7A6D56

White
5.06
Black
4.14
700#635640

White
7.15
Black
2.93
800#4A3E2A

White
10.42
Black
2.01
900#312716

White
14.66
Black
1.43
950#1D1406

White
18.18
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFEFD5 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.038; #FFEFD5 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.048 there: 25% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.038
sRGB edge: 0.038
Display P3 edge: 0.048
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.074
Dominant wavelength: 578 nm
Excitation purity: 15%
Chromaticity: x 0.3400, y 0.3549

This color#FFEFD5
Most vivid in sRGB#FFEFD5
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.958 0.048 80.0)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffefd5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9377 0.8214); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFEFD5

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%#FFF7EA
OKLab50%#FFF7EA
OKLCH50%#FFF7EA

Black #000000

sRGB50%#80786B
OKLab50%#635C51
OKLCH50%#635C51

Its complement #EAF2FF

sRGB50%#F5F1EA
OKLab50%#F5F1EA
OKLCH50%#FFEBF3

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffefd5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffefd5 50%, white);

In use

#FFEFD5 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, 4.5:118.55:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.13:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.13:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.13:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #81735C 4.62:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:118.55:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:116.55:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:116.55:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:116.55:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFEFD5 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 11.9; protanopia changes it least, 4.4.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#F6EFD3 ΔE2000 4.4

Close match

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FAF3D6 ΔE2000 4.5

Close match

Reads as pale grayish amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFEAE8 ΔE2000 11.9

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F1F1F1 ΔE2000 11.0

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #EAF2FF. 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	#FFEFD5 · #EAF2FF	17.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#F6EFD3 · #EEF2FF	18.0	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FAF3D6 · #ECF0FF	19.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFEAE8 · #E5F5F6	16.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#F1F1F1 · #F1F1F1	0.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFEFD5

Its complement is #EAF2FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FFEFD5
Complement#EAF2FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFEDE4
Base#FFEFD5
+30°#F2F4D7

Analogous

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Base#FFEFD5
+120°#D4FAFB
+240°#FBEBFF

Triadic

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Base#FFEFD5
+150°#E1F5FF
+210°#F0EFFF

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-papayawhip: #ffefd5;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        papayawhip: '#ffefd5',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-papayawhip: oklch(0.958 0.038 80.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "papayawhip": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.9373, 0.8353],
        "hex": "#ffefd5"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color papayawhip"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let papayawhip = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.937, blue: 0.835, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Papayawhip = Color(0xFFFFEFD5)
}

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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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Papaya Whip #FFEFD5

#FFEFD5 color codes

Contrast: is #FFEFD5 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 #FFEFD5 live

Shades and tints of #FFEFD5

How vivid #FFEFD5 can get

Mixing #FFEFD5

#FFEFD5 in an interface

How #FFEFD5 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFEFD5

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 #FFEFD5 in the tools