Apricot #FFE5D9

About this color

#FFE5D9 is a very light, muted orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 94%, its chroma 0.033 and its hue 46°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Apricot. Black text reads best on it, at 17.46:1.

Colors that go with Apricot

Matches found by rotating Apricot around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Apricot

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Apricot, closest first.

• Cardamom Bazaar
• Clay Workshop
• Marble Study
• Mulch Walk
• Canyon Caravan
• Maple Harvest
• Gingerbread Fireside
• Biscotti Grind

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Apricot, with their ΔE distance.

• Misty Rose #FFE4E1 ΔE 0.012
• Antique White #FAEBD7 ΔE 0.017
• Champagne #F7E7CE ΔE 0.021
• Blanched Almond #FFEBCD ΔE 0.026
• Bisque #FFE4C4 ΔE 0.027
• Linen #FAF0E6 ΔE 0.027
• Papaya Whip #FFEFD5 ΔE 0.028
• Old Lace #FDF5E6 ΔE 0.038

More about Apricot

• Shades of white
• What white means

How to make Apricot

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 1 part pink

Recipe result: #FEE4F0, a difference of ΔE 0.032 from Apricot. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

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Codes for Apricot in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Apricot

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F9F4F2

   oklch(97% 0.006 43.3)

2. Step 100

   100 (this color)

   #FFE5D9

   oklch(94% 0.033 46.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E7D5CC

   oklch(88.5% 0.024 48.4)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D9B9AA

   oklch(80.9% 0.042 46.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #C5947D

   oklch(70.7% 0.068 46.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B5795C

   oklch(63.1% 0.086 46.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #A06142

   oklch(55.6% 0.094 46.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #895034

   oklch(49.1% 0.087 46.2)

9. Step 800

   800

   #6F422B

   oklch(42.7% 0.072 47.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #5A3827

    oklch(37.7% 0.056 47.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #352117

    oklch(27% 0.036 47.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Apricot with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.