Papaya Whip #FFEFD5

About this color

#FFEFD5 is a very light, muted orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 96%, its chroma 0.038 and its hue 80°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Papaya Whip. Black text reads best on it, at 18.55:1.

Colors that go with Papaya Whip

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

Color palettes with Papaya Whip

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

• Cranberry Morning
• Amber Walk
• Noir Penthouse
• Marigold Horizon
• Ember Burn
• Blush and Saffron
• Persimmon Skyline
• Paprika Kitchen

Similar named colors

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

• Blanched Almond #FFEBCD ΔE 0.012
• Antique White #FAEBD7 ΔE 0.014
• Beige #F5F5DC ΔE 0.018
• Cornsilk #FFF8DC ΔE 0.022
• Linen #FAF0E6 ΔE 0.022
• Old Lace #FDF5E6 ΔE 0.022
• Champagne #F7E7CE ΔE 0.024
• Apricot #FFE5D9 ΔE 0.028

More about Papaya Whip

• Shades of white
• What white means

How to make Papaya Whip

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 0.038 from Papaya Whip. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

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Codes for Papaya Whip 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 Papaya Whip

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)

   #FFEFD5

   oklch(95.8% 0.038 80)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EFE9DF

   oklch(93.6% 0.015 80.7)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E3D8C5

   oklch(88.6% 0.028 81.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D2BE9D

   oklch(81% 0.05 80.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #BB9B67

   oklch(70.7% 0.079 79.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #A9823B

   oklch(63% 0.101 80.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #946B12

   oklch(55.6% 0.109 80.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #7F5900

   oklch(49.2% 0.102 79.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #674909

   oklch(42.7% 0.084 80)

10. Step 900

    900

    #543D13

    oklch(37.7% 0.065 79.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #31240D

    oklch(27% 0.041 79.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Papaya Whip 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.