Papaya whip

#f4e5ca

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

Papaya whip sits in the orange range, light and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #f4e5ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e5ca

RGB244, 229, 202

HSL39, 66%, 87%

HSV39, 17%, 96%

CMYK0%, 6%, 17%, 4%

Lab91.48, 0.8, 15.0

XYZ75.99, 79.54, 67.22

Decimal16049610

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#edd4a8 #e6c385 #dfb263 #d7a140 #c58d29 #a37522 #815c1b #5e4314 #3c2b0c #191205

Tints of papaya whip

#f5e7ce #f6e9d2 #f6ebd5 #f7ecd9 #f8eedd #f9f0e1 #faf2e5 #faf4e9 #fbf6ec #fcf8f0

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#cad9f4 Analogous#f4d0ca Analogous#eef4ca Triadic#caf4e5 Triadic#e5caf4 Split complementary#caeef4 Split complementary#d0caf4

Papaya whip in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 17, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e5ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 17 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 20 10

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 #f4e5ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e5ca; }
.text { color: #f4e5ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e5ca; }

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 #f4e5ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e5ca 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 #f4e5ca 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 #f4e5ca 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 #f4e5ca are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.