HEX atlas value

#FFEFD5

#FFEFD5 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Papaya Whip. RGB 255, 239, 213, HSL 37° 100% 92%, luminance 0.878; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#FFEFD5 Sample readable text

HEX #FFEFD5

RGB rgb(255, 239, 213)

HSL hsl(37 100% 92%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 16, 0)

Luminance 0.878

Contrast Black 18.56:1White 1.13:1

CSS

--color-ffefd5: #FFEFD5;
.background-ffefd5 { background-color: #FFEFD5; }
.text-ffefd5 { color: #FFEFD5; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFEFD5

#FFEFD5 is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #FFEFD5 is visually closest to Papaya Whip, a named orange color with HEX #FFEFD5.

The RGB channels are 255, 239, and 213, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 37deg with 100% saturation and 92% 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 0.878, 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 text18.56:1AA Pass

White text1.13:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFEFD5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.56:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.13:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FAFFD6#FAFFD6 · #000000 text · best 20.34:1 Cornsilk#FFF8DC · #000000 text · best 19.71:1 Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2 · #000000 text · best 19.67:1 #FFEFD6#FFEFD6 · #000000 text · best 18.57:1

Generated Palette

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

#D6E6FF#D6E6FF

#FFDBD6#FFDBD6

#FAFFD6#FAFFD6

White#FFFFFF

#FFCC7A#FFCC7A

Color Harmonies

#D6E6FF#D6E6FF

#FFDBD6#FFDBD6

#FAFFD6#FAFFD6

#D6FFEF#D6FFEF

#EFD6FF#EFD6FF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FFCC7A#FFCC7A

#FFEFD6#FFEFD6

#FBEEDB#FBEEDB

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Antique White#FAEBD7

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Cornsilk#FFF8DC

Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2

Luminance0.878

Black text18.56:1AA Pass

White text1.13:1AA 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":"#FFEFD5","rgb":[255,239,213],"hsl":[37,100,92],"cmyk":[0,6,16,0],"luminance":0.878,"contrast":{"black":18.56,"white":1.13}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.56,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.13,"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":"#FAFFD6","hex":"#FAFFD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.34,"contrastWhite":1.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.71,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.67,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFEFD6","hex":"#FFEFD6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.57,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Papaya Whip 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/ffefd5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blanched-almond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D6E6FF","analogous":["#FFDBD6","#FAFFD6"],"triadic":["#D6FFEF","#EFD6FF"],"tetradic":["#D6FFDB","#D6E6FF","#FFD6FA"],"splitComplementary":["#D6FAFF","#DBD6FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFEFD5","#FFCC7A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFCC7A","saturated":"#FFEFD6","desaturated":"#FBEEDB","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":0},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":6.708203932499369},{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":8.94427190999916},{"slug":"cornsilk","name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","distance":11.40175425099138},{"slug":"light-goldenrod-yellow","name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","distance":12.449899597988733}]

#FFEFD5

CSS

About #FFEFD5

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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