Bisque

Hex #FFE4C4, rgb(255 228 196). An orange CSS named color.

Bisque#FFE4C4

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About Bisque

Bisque is a very light muted orange with the hex code #FFE4C4. In RGB it is made of 255 red, 228 green and 196 blue; in HSL its hue is 33°, with 100% saturation and 88% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 93.3%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "bisque" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.22:1 and against black 17.15:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Bisque mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

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Bisque 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Bisque

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Bisque with white and black. The readable text color on Bisque is black.

Bisque textSmall text on white

On white1.22:1

AA fail
AA Large fail
AAA fail
UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 11

Bisque textSmall text on black

On black17.15:1

AA pass
AA Large pass
AAA pass
UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -93

Black text on Bisque (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Bisque appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

Protanopia#EEE4C2
Deuteranopia#F5EBC5
Tritanopia#FFDDDB
Protanomaly#F3E5C3
Deuteranomaly#F7E9C4
Tritanomaly#FFE1CF
Achromatopsia#E8E8E8

Colors similar to Bisque

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Bisque in CSS and Tailwind

CSS

.bisque {
  color: bisque; /* #FFE4C4 */
  background-color: rgb(255 228 196);
  border-color: oklch(93.3% 0.051 71.8);
}

Tailwind CSS

/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-bisque-500, text-bisque-700... */
@theme {
  --color-bisque-50: #FFF9F2;
  --color-bisque-100: #FFE4C4;
  --color-bisque-200: #FFCD8F;
  --color-bisque-300: #FEA700;
  --color-bisque-400: #D08700;
  --color-bisque-500: #B37400;
  --color-bisque-600: #996300;
  --color-bisque-700: #7C4F00;
  --color-bisque-800: #643F00;
  --color-bisque-900: #523300;
  --color-bisque-950: #221200;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#FFE4C4] text-[#000000]">…</div>