Beige
#F5F5DC
Beige (#F5F5DC) is a very light, moderately saturated yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 245 red, 245 green and 220 blue; in HSL its hue is 60°, its saturation 56% and its lightness 91%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 4% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on beige
White text on beige has a contrast ratio of 1.11:1 and fails; black text has 18.98:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.11:1
Black text · 18.98:1
Tints and shades of beige
Colour palettes with beige
Brands with a beige logo
Brand colours close to #F5F5DC, from our Brand Colour Index.
Colours similar to beige
Use beige in CSS
.button {
background-color: #F5F5DC;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.