Inspect Bisque (#FFE4C4) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
Bisque
#FFE4C4
Black text reads best on this background, at 17.15:1.
Bisque is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFE4C4 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 228, 196) and hsl(33, 100%, 88%). Perceptually it is a very light, muted color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 93% and its chroma at 0.051. It sits in the oranges at 72 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 1.22:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 17.15:1. Because it is this light, Bisque works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to Bisque, measured with CIEDE2000, are BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD), PeachPuff (#FFDAB9), PapayaWhip (#FFEFD5). If Bisque is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFE4C4
RGB
rgb(255, 228, 196)
HSL
hsl(33, 100%, 88%)
HWB
hwb(33 77% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 11%, 23%, 0%)
LAB
lab(92.23 6.02 19.24)
LCH
lch(92.23 20.16 72.62)
OKLCH
oklch(93.29% 0.0514 71.85)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFE4C4 white text measures 1.22:1 and black text 17.15:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on Bisque
WCAG 2.2
1.22:1
APCA
Lc 12
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on Bisque
WCAG 2.2
17.15:1
APCA
Lc 92
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check Bisque against any other color in the contrast checker.
Bisque sits at 93% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF7EE and down to #0B0400, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#FFE8CD
20% lighter
#FFECD5
40% lighter
#FFF0DD
60% lighter
#FFF3E6
80% lighter
#FFF7EE
100% lighter
#C9B091
20% darker
#967E61
40% darker
#664F33
60% darker
#392508
80% darker
#0B0400
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFE4C4 in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFE4C4 in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
Bisque sits at 72 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 252 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of Bisque at 42 and 102 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
72, 192 and 312 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 252 degrees, this pair flanks it at 222 and 282. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around Bisque on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under achromatopsia, where #FFE4C4 reads as #E7E7E7, 13.8 CIEDE2000 units away. If Bisque is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#EFE4C2
Deuteranopia
#F5EAC5
Tritanopia
#FFDDDA
Achromatopsia
#E7E7E7
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFE4C4, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.