Papaya whip

#e5dcbf

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for papaya whip, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Papaya whip is a light yellow, open at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #e5dcbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5dcbf

RGB229, 220, 191

HSL46, 42%, 82%

HSV46, 17%, 90%

CMYK0%, 4%, 17%, 10%

Lab87.78, -1.65, 15.36

XYZ67.31, 71.61, 59.56

Decimal15064255

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of papaya whip

#dacda3 #cfbe88 #c3af6c #b89f50 #a08a41 #857236 #695a2b #4d421f #312a14 #161309

Tints of papaya whip

#e9e2c9 #ede7d4 #f2edde #f6f2e8 #faf8f2

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#bfc8e5 Analogous#e5c9bf Analogous#dbe5bf Triadic#bfe5dc Triadic#dcbfe5 Split complementary#bfdbe5 Split complementary#c9bfe5

Papaya whip in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 17, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5dcbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 17 10

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 20 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #e5dcbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5dcbf; }
.text { color: #e5dcbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5dcbf; }

How papaya whip looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Papaya whip and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e5dcbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5dcbf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5dcbf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around papaya whip? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5dcbf and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from papaya whip, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e5dcbf is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.