Moccasin #FFE4B5

About this color

#FFE4B5 is a very light, muted orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.068 and its hue 81°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Moccasin. Black text reads best on it, at 17.01:1.

Colors that go with Moccasin

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

Color palettes with Moccasin

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

• Sorbet Shelf
• Kumquat Twist
• Velvet Dusk
• Lilac Terrace
• Orchid Dusk
• Nightshade and Violet
• Paprika Pantry
• Aerial Afternoon

Similar named colors

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

• Pale Peach #FFE5AD ΔE 0.011
• Navajo White #FFDEAD ΔE 0.015
• Bisque #FFE4C4 ΔE 0.019
• Wheat #F5DEB3 ΔE 0.022
• Peach Puff #FFDAB9 ΔE 0.028
• Light Peach #FFD8B1 ΔE 0.029
• Blanched Almond #FFEBCD ΔE 0.030
• Lemon Meringue #EAE2B7 ΔE 0.030

More about Moccasin

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Moccasin

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 orange

Recipe result: #FEE6B6, a difference of ΔE 0.005 from Moccasin. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Moccasin 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 Moccasin

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

   #F9F5ED

   oklch(97.1% 0.011 84.6)

2. Step 100

   100 (this color)

   #FFE4B5

   oklch(93% 0.068 81.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #EAD7B6

   oklch(88.6% 0.049 81.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #DDBB7F

   oklch(80.8% 0.087 81.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #CC961D

   oklch(70.7% 0.139 81.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B18000

   oklch(63.2% 0.13 81.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #956B00

   oklch(55.6% 0.115 81.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #7D5A00

   oklch(49.1% 0.101 82.2)

9. Step 800

   800

   #674900

   oklch(42.7% 0.088 81.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #563C00

    oklch(37.6% 0.078 81.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #342300

    oklch(27% 0.056 81.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Moccasin 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.