Papaya whip

#e4dcc3

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

Papaya whip falls in the yellow band, light and soft. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #e4dcc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dcc3

RGB228, 220, 195

HSL45, 38%, 83%

HSV45, 14%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 14%, 11%

Lab87.79, -1.39, 13.26

XYZ67.44, 71.62, 61.9

Decimal14998723

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#d8cca8 #ccbc8d #bfad72 #b39d57 #9c8846 #81703a #66592e #4b4122 #302a16 #151209

Tints of papaya whip

#e6dfc8 #e8e2cd #eae4d1 #ede7d6 #efeadb #f1ede0 #f3efe4 #f5f2e9 #f7f5ee #f9f8f3

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#c3cbe4 Analogous#e4ccc3 Analogous#dbe4c3 Triadic#c3e4dc Triadic#dcc3e4 Split complementary#c3dbe4 Split complementary#ccc3e4

Papaya whip in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 14, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dcc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 14 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 17 17

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 #e4dcc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dcc3; }
.text { color: #e4dcc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dcc3; }

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 #e4dcc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dcc3 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 #e4dcc3 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 #e4dcc3 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 #e4dcc3 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.