Papaya whip

#efe4cb

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

This is Papaya whip, a soft orange at 42 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #efe4cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efe4cb

RGB239, 228, 203

HSL42, 53%, 87%

HSV42, 15%, 94%

CMYK0%, 5%, 15%, 6%

Lab90.85, -0.33, 13.54

XYZ74.12, 78.15, 67.68

Decimal15721675

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#e5d4ac #dcc38c #d2b36d #c8a34d #b58e38 #95762e #765d24 #56441b #372b11 #171207

Tints of papaya whip

#f0e6cf #f1e8d3 #f3ead7 #f4ecda #f5eede #f6f0e2 #f7f2e6 #f8f4ea #faf6ee #fbf8f1

Colors that go with papaya whip

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Papaya whip in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 15, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efe4cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 15 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 18 12

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #efe4cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efe4cb; }
.text { color: #efe4cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efe4cb; }

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 #efe4cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efe4cb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #efe4cb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #efe4cb 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

Here is how the numbers for #efe4cb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.