#FFEFD5Papayawhip is a vivid, fully saturated, very light warm orange (#FFEFD5).
Papayawhip is a very light, vivid, fully saturated take on orange. Colors in this range are commonly associated with enthusiasm, friendliness and affordability, which makes papayawhip a natural fit for playful brands, food products and secondary calls to action.
Papayawhip is light enough that it pairs better with dark text than white: black type on papayawhip hits 18.56:1 — comfortably past the WCAG AA threshold — while white manages only 1.13:1. It shines as a section background, card fill or subtle highlight where a full-strength accent would shout.
For pairings, the complement of papayawhip sits at 217° — #D6E6FF, close to lavender — and delivers the strongest possible hue contrast; use it sparingly, in roughly a 90/10 split, so the two don't fight. For calmer schemes, the analogous colors 30° to either side keep the same warm temperature, while the triadic pair gives you a balanced three-color palette. All of these are computed for papayawhip in the palettes below, with copy-ready codes.
Every palette below is computed from papayawhip's position on the color wheel (hue 37°). Hover any swatch to see its code; click to copy.
Tints mix papayawhip toward white; shades mix it toward black. Use the scale for hover states, borders and depth without leaving the hue.
WCAG 2.1 requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA) and 3:1 for large text. Here's how papayawhip performs, plus how it appears under the three main types of dichromatic color blindness (simulated approximation).
| Pairing | Ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text on Papayawhip | 1.13:1 | Fail | Fail |
| Black text on Papayawhip | 18.56:1 | AAA | AAA |
#F8F8DB#F9FADD#FEE0E1Copy-ready snippets. In CSS you can also use the keyword papayawhip directly.
:root {
--papayawhip: #FFEFD5;
--papayawhip-rgb: 255, 239, 213;
--papayawhip-tint: #FFF6E8;
--papayawhip-shade: #8C8375;
}
.btn-papayawhip {
background: var(--papayawhip);
color: #000000;
}// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
'papayawhip': {
DEFAULT: '#FFEFD5',
light: '#FFF6E8',
dark: '#8C8375',
},
}The closest CSS named colors by perceptual (Lab) distance.