Beige color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around beige. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Beige is #F5F5DC — pale yellow. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and beige color palettes to copy.

Beige hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#F5F5DC
HEX
#F5F5DC
RGB
rgb(245, 245, 220)
HSL
hsl(60, 56%, 91%)
OKLCH
oklch(96.4% 0.033 107.0)
On white
1.11:1
On black
18.98:1

Shades of beige

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Beige on white measures 1.11:1 and on black 18.98:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.26:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:ivory, cream. See every shade on the colors index.