Beige #F5F5DC

About this color

#F5F5DC is a very light, muted yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 96%, its chroma 0.033 and its hue 107°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Beige. Black text reads best on it, at 18.97:1.

Colors that go with Beige

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

Color palettes with Beige

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

• Sage and Rainfall
• Dandelion and Buttercup
• Bamboo Leaf
• Pandan Steam
• Gyokuro Room
• Umber Table
• Pool Festival
• Popsicle Break

Similar named colors

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

• Cornsilk #FFF8DC ΔE 0.016
• Old Lace #FDF5E6 ΔE 0.018
• Papaya Whip #FFEFD5 ΔE 0.018
• Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2 ΔE 0.022
• Linen #FAF0E6 ΔE 0.023
• Antique White #FAEBD7 ΔE 0.024
• Pale #FFF9D0 ΔE 0.025
• Blanched Almond #FFEBCD ΔE 0.027

More about Beige

• Shades of white
• Colors that go with Beige
• What white means

How to make Beige

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.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #EBEBEB, a difference of ΔE 0.040 from Beige. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Beige 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 Beige

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 50.

1. Step 50

   50 (this color)

   #F5F5DC

   oklch(96.4% 0.033 107)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EAEBE1

   oklch(93.7% 0.013 111.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DADAC9

   oklch(88.4% 0.023 106.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C3C3A4

   oklch(80.9% 0.042 107.3)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A5A473

   oklch(70.7% 0.067 107)

6. Step 500

   500

   #8F8D4D

   oklch(63% 0.086 107)

7. Step 600

   600

   #7A772F

   oklch(55.7% 0.094 106.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #666421

   oklch(49.1% 0.088 107.6)

9. Step 800

   800

   #54521E

   oklch(42.9% 0.072 107)

10. Step 900

    900

    #45441E

    oklch(37.8% 0.057 107.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #282812

    oklch(27.1% 0.037 108.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Beige 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.