Papaya whip

#f9ebc9

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, pale and vivid. 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 #f9ebc9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9ebc9

RGB249, 235, 201

HSL42, 80%, 88%

HSV42, 19%, 98%

CMYK0%, 6%, 19%, 2%

Lab93.35, -0.61, 18.22

XYZ79.32, 83.77, 67.25

Decimal16378825

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of papaya whip

#f5dda3 #f1cf7e #ecc158 #e8b332 #d8a018 #b38414 #8d6810 #674c0b #413007 #1c1403

Tints of papaya whip

#f9eccd #faeed1 #faefd4 #fbf1d8 #fbf2dc #fcf3e0 #fcf5e4 #fcf6e7 #fdf8eb #fdf9ef

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#c9d7f9 Analogous#f9d3c9 Analogous#eff9c9 Triadic#c9f9eb Triadic#ebc9f9 Split complementary#c9eff9 Split complementary#d3c9f9

Papaya whip in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 19, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9ebc9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 19 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 21 8

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #f9ebc9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9ebc9; }
.text { color: #f9ebc9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9ebc9; }

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 #f9ebc9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9ebc9 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 #f9ebc9 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 #f9ebc9 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

The figures for #f9ebc9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.