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#f8eccf

a pale, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Papaya Whip

Token name suggestion: Mist Citron

RGB
248, 236, 207
HSL
42°, 75%, 89%
CMYK
0, 5, 17, 3
Luminance
0.8445

#f8eccf is a pale vivid yellow, 42° on the wheel and 10/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.89:1). As text it scores 1.17:1 on white — use #946F16 instead. Nearest name is Papaya Whip, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(42 75% 89%)rgb(248 236 207)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f8eccf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f8eccf
Hue
42°
yellow
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8445
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
10/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.89:1
Closest name
Papaya Whip
ΔE2000 2.6
Chroma
15.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.945
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 23.5
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue42° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f8eccf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool10% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green71%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f8eccf
HEX (8-digit)#f8eccfff
RGBrgb(248, 236, 207)
RGBArgba(248, 236, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(42, 75%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42, 17%, 97%)
HWBhwb(42 81% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 17%, 3%)
LABlab(93.7 -0.6 15.5)
LCHlch(93.7 15.5 92.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.945 0.040 88.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(79.97, 84.45, 71.11)
Decimal16313551
Display P3color(display-p3 0.973 0.925 0.812)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f8eccf;
background-color: #f8eccf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f8eccf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f8eccf] bg-[#f8eccf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f8eccf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.973, green: 0.925, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.925, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F8ECCF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF8ECCF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF8ECCF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 236, 248)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(248, 236, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(248, 236, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 248, 236, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9725f, 0.9255f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{248,236,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f8eccf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f8eccf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6F5310, #EEE6D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f8eccf h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF9F3;
  --brand-100: #F9F3E7;
  --brand-200: #f8eccf;
  --brand-300: #F1D89D;
  --brand-400: #EAC56C;
  --brand-500: #E2B13B;
  --brand-600: #D6A01F;
  --brand-700: #B2851A;
  --brand-800: #8E6B15;
  --brand-900: #674F13;
  --brand-950: #40310C;
  --brand: #f8eccf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDDFC0;
  --brand-hover: #F3E0B0;
  --brand-pressed: #EFD391;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242014;
    --brand-ink: #EEE6D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF9F3',
        100: '#F9F3E7',
        200: '#f8eccf',
        300: '#F1D89D',
        400: '#EAC56C',
        500: '#E2B13B',
        600: '#D6A01F',
        700: '#B2851A',
        800: '#8E6B15',
        900: '#674F13',
        950: '#40310C',
        DEFAULT: '#f8eccf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF9F3,
  '100': #F9F3E7,
  '200': #f8eccf,
  '300': #F1D89D,
  '400': #EAC56C,
  '500': #E2B13B,
  '600': #D6A01F,
  '700': #B2851A,
  '800': #8E6B15,
  '900': #674F13,
  '950': #40310C,
);
$brand-base: #f8eccf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9F3E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f8eccf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F1D89D", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EAC56C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E2B13B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D6A01F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B2851A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8E6B15", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#674F13", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#40310C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f8eccf · 17.89:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.89:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f8eccf as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 17.89:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6F5310 at 6.13:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#946F16 · 4.62:1
AA on white−56% L
#946F16
The quick fox
#705410 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−64% L
#705410
The quick fox
#f8eccf · 17.89:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f8eccf
The quick fox
#f8eccf · 17.89:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f8eccf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BC8D1B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f8eccf on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f8eccf on black: 17.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f8eccf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f8eccf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.17:1AaAa
Slate 501.12:1AaAa
Slate 1001.07:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.26:1AaAa
Slate 4002.18:1AaAa
Slate 5004.05:1AaAa
Slate 6006.46:1AaAa
Slate 7008.82:1AaAa
Slate 80012.46:1AaAa
Slate 90015.21:1AaAa
Black17.89:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F3EBCD
deuteranopia · #F6EED0
tritanopia · #FFE7E4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f8eccf is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF9F3
#F9F3E7
#f8eccf
#F1D89D
#EAC56C
#E2B13B
#D6A01F
#B2851A
#8E6B15
#674F13
#40310C
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FCF9F3Darkest = 950 · #40310CText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.010 88.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 88.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 88.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.031 88.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.037 88.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.040 88.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.040 88.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.038 88.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.034 88.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 88.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 88.2);
}

Colors that work with #f8eccf

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDDFC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B834B
Captions on the surface
Accent#166CB6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6F5310
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCF6E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242014
Dark-mode background
Hover#F3E0B0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EFD391
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F6F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FCF2D9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f8eccf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6F5310
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BC8D1B

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight11/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CFDBF8
Analogous left#F8D7CF
Analogous right#EFF8CF
Split-complement 1#CFEFF8
Split-complement 2#D7CFF8
Triadic 1#CFF8EC
Triadic 2#ECCFF8
Tetradic#CFF8D7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°42°

#f8eccf sits at 42°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red97.3%
Green92.5%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
248
0xf8
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta4.8%
Yellow16.5%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 24%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f8eccf text on a black background

contrast 17.89:1

Card sample

#f8eccf text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

#f8eccf on grey

1.07:1

#f8eccf on its own surface

1.11:1

#f8eccf on its dark surface

13.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f8eccf;
Background color
Panel with #f8eccf background
background-color: #f8eccf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f8eccf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(248, 236, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(248, 236, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f8eccf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8eccf, #E9F8CF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8eccf, #DEF8CF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f8eccf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f8eccf;
caret-color: #f8eccf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f8eccf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCF6E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f8eccf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f8eccf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f8eccf over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(248, 236, 207, 0.5)
rgb(248 236 207 / 50%)
#f8eccf80
hsl(42 75% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f8eccf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f8eccf1a#FEFDFA
20%#f8eccf33#FEFBF5
40%#f8eccf66#FCF7EC
60%#f8eccf99#FBF4E2
80%#f8eccfcc#F9F0D9

Gradients from #f8eccf

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCF8ED, #f8eccf 45%, #6F5310);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f8eccf, #D7F4B4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8eccf, #CFDBF8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDFAF2 0%, #f8eccf 45%, #6F5310 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFCFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7FCEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6F5310 0%, transparent 65%), #f8eccf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f8eccf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f8eccf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.89:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f8eccf, answered

What color is #f8eccf?

#f8eccf is a pale vivid yellow, closest to Papaya Whip (ΔE2000 2.6). It sits at 42° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f8eccf?

rgb(248, 236, 207) — 248 red, 236 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 97.3% / 92.5% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #f8eccf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(42, 75%, 89%) and hsv(42, 17%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f8eccf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8445 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 17.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f8eccf?

Black. It scores 17.89:1 against #f8eccf, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f8eccf accessible on a white background?

#f8eccf on white scores 1.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #946F16 to reach 4.5:1, or #705410 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f8eccf?

#CFDBF8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFEFF8 and #D7CFF8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f8eccf?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #EDDFC0 for borders, #9B834B for secondary text, #166CB6 as an accent and #6F5310 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F8D7CF and #EFF8CF stays calm, while #CFDBF8 is the loudest partner.

What is #f8eccf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 5%, 17%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f8eccf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 10 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F8E2CF; nudged cooler, #F5F9CE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f8eccf?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 23.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f8eccf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f8eccf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f8eccf] or text-[#f8eccf], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f8eccf with 50% opacity?

rgba(248, 236, 207, 0.5), or #f8eccf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FCF6E7; over black, #7C7668.

Is #f8eccf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 8.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f8eccf mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f8eccf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCF8ED, #f8eccf 45%, #6F5310). For more colour, a short hue run to #D7F4B4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f8eccf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f8eccf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.