HEX atlas value

#FFE4C4

#FFE4C4 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Bisque. RGB 255, 228, 196, HSL 33° 100% 88%, luminance 0.8073; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#FFE4C4 Sample readable text

HEX #FFE4C4

RGB rgb(255, 228, 196)

HSL hsl(33 100% 88%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 11, 23, 0)

Luminance 0.8073

Contrast Black 17.15:1White 1.22:1

CSS

--color-ffe4c4: #FFE4C4;
.background-ffe4c4 { background-color: #FFE4C4; }
.text-ffe4c4 { color: #FFE4C4; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFE4C4

#FFE4C4 is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #FFE4C4 is visually closest to Bisque, a named orange color with HEX #FFE4C4.

The RGB channels are 255, 228, and 196, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 33deg with 100% saturation and 88% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8073, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.15:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFE4C4 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.15:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.22:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FCFFC2#FCFFC2 · #000000 text · best 20.22:1 Blanched Almond#FFEBCD · #000000 text · best 18.02:1 Champagne#F7E7CE · #000000 text · best 17.28:1 #FFE3C2#FFE3C2 · #000000 text · best 17.02:1

Generated Palette

Bisque#FFE4C4

#C2DDFF#C2DDFF

#FFC5C2#FFC5C2

#FCFFC2#FCFFC2

White#FFFFFF

#FFBA66#FFBA66

Color Harmonies

#C2DDFF#C2DDFF

#FFC5C2#FFC5C2

#FCFFC2#FCFFC2

#C2FFE3#C2FFE3

#E3C2FF#E3C2FF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FFBA66#FFBA66

#FFE3C2#FFE3C2

#F8E3C9#F8E3C9

White#FFFFFF

#FFF6EB#FFF6EB

Nearest Named Colors

Bisque#FFE4C4

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Champagne#F7E7CE

Pastel Peach#FFDAB9

Peach Puff#FFDAB9

Luminance0.8073

Black text17.15:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FFE4C4","rgb":[255,228,196],"hsl":[33,100,88],"cmyk":[0,11,23,0],"luminance":0.8073,"contrast":{"black":17.15,"white":1.22}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.15,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.22,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FCFFC2","hex":"#FCFFC2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.22,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.02,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.28,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFE3C2","hex":"#FFE3C2","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Bisque adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffe4c4.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bisque.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blanched-almond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C2DDFF","analogous":["#FFC5C2","#FCFFC2"],"triadic":["#C2FFE3","#E3C2FF"],"tetradic":["#C2FFC5","#C2DDFF","#FFC2FC"],"splitComplementary":["#C2FCFF","#C5C2FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFE4C4","#FFBA66"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFBA66","saturated":"#FFE3C2","desaturated":"#F8E3C9","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF6EB"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"bisque","name":"Bisque","hex":"#FFE4C4","distance":0},{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":11.40175425099138},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":13.152946437965905},{"slug":"pastel-peach","name":"Pastel Peach","hex":"#FFDAB9","distance":14.866068747318506},{"slug":"peach-puff","name":"Peach Puff","hex":"#FFDAB9","distance":14.866068747318506}]

#FFE4C4

CSS

About #FFE4C4

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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