Papaya whip

#fef3da

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #fef3da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fef3da

RGB254, 243, 218

HSL42, 95%, 93%

HSV42, 14%, 100%

CMYK0%, 4%, 14%, 0%

Lab96.09, -0.35, 13.37

XYZ85.58, 90.23, 79.24

Decimal16708570

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#fde5af #fcd784 #fbc959 #f9bb2e #f5ac07 #ca8e05 #9f7004 #745103 #493302 #1e1501

Tints of papaya whip

#fef6e2 #fef7e8 #fff9ee

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#dae5fe Analogous#fee1da Analogous#f7feda Triadic#dafef3 Triadic#f3dafe Split complementary#daf7fe Split complementary#e1dafe

Papaya whip in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 14, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fef3da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 14 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 17 6

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 #fef3da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fef3da; }
.text { color: #fef3da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fef3da; }

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 #fef3da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fef3da 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 #fef3da 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 #fef3da 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 #fef3da come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.