Egg Shell #FFFCC4

About this color

#FFFCC4 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 98%, its chroma 0.072 and its hue 105°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Egg Shell. Black text reads best on it, at 19.97:1.

Colors that go with Egg Shell

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

Color palettes with Egg Shell

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

• Bracken Ridge
• Pumpkin and Harvest
• Matcha and Hojicha
• Wildflower and Hay
• Lime Slice
• Clementine Grove
• Kumquat Peel
• Mandarin Tonic

Similar named colors

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

• Ecru #FEFFCA ΔE 0.008
• Cream #FFFFC2 ΔE 0.009
• Lemon Chiffon #FFFACD ΔE 0.014
• Eggshell #FFFFD4 ΔE 0.019
• Pale #FFF9D0 ΔE 0.019
• Light Beige #FFFEB6 ΔE 0.019
• Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2 ΔE 0.021
• Creme #FFFFB6 ΔE 0.021

More about Egg Shell

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Egg Shell

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 yellow

Recipe result: #FDF8AD, a difference of ΔE 0.026 from Egg Shell. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Egg Shell 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 Egg Shell

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)

   #FFFCC4

   oklch(98% 0.072 105.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #ECEBD7

   oklch(93.5% 0.027 104.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DEDCB5

   oklch(88.6% 0.052 105)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C9C47D

   oklch(80.8% 0.092 104.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #AFA50F

   oklch(70.8% 0.148 105.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #968D00

   oklch(63.1% 0.134 105.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #7E7600

   oklch(55.5% 0.118 104.9)

8. Step 700

   700

   #6A6300

   oklch(49.1% 0.104 104.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #575100

   oklch(42.7% 0.09 104.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #484300

    oklch(37.6% 0.08 104.8)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2B2800

    oklch(27.1% 0.058 105.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Egg Shell 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.