What color is #FFE5B4?

#FFE5B4 is a very light, vivid orange known as Peach. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Peach?

The RGB value is 255, 229, 180: 255 red, 229 green and 180 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Peach?

The complementary color is #B4CEFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFE5B4?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.12:1 and white text 1.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Peach color: hex code #FFE5B4

#FFE5B4 rgb(255, 229, 180)

Shades of beige

Peach has the hex code #FFE5B4. It is a very light, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 89.8% green and 70.6% blue (255, 229, 180).

Its hue angle is 39°, with 100% saturation and 85% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.12:1).

Peach (#FFE5B4) color codes

HEX	`#FFE5B4`
RGB	`rgb(255, 229, 180)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 89.8%, 70.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(39, 100%, 85%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(39, 29%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 10%, 29%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(91.95, 1.8, 27.19)`
CIE LCH	`lch(91.95, 27.25, 86.21)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(77.498, 80.596, 54.645)`
Decimal	`16770484`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Peach, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFE5B4	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.12:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFE5B4 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.12:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFE5B4 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffe5b4; }
.text { color: #ffe5b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffe5b4; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 229 180 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe5b4, #f4ffb4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFE5B4 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFE5B4?: #FFE5B4 is a very light, vivid orange known as Peach. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Peach?: The RGB value is 255, 229, 180: 255 red, 229 green and 180 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Peach?: The complementary color is #B4CEFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFE5B4?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.12:1 and white text 1.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.