Inspect BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
BlanchedAlmond
#FFEBCD
Black text reads best on this background, at 18.02:1.
BlanchedAlmond is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFEBCD in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 235, 205) and hsl(36, 100%, 90%). Perceptually it is a very light, muted color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 95% and its chroma at 0.045. It sits in the oranges at 78 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 1.17:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 18.02:1. Because it is this light, BlanchedAlmond works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to BlanchedAlmond, measured with CIEDE2000, are PapayaWhip (#FFEFD5), Bisque (#FFE4C4), AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). If BlanchedAlmond is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFEBCD
RGB
rgb(255, 235, 205)
HSL
hsl(36, 100%, 90%)
HWB
hwb(36 80% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 8%, 20%, 0%)
LAB
lab(94.1 3.59 17.21)
LCH
lch(94.1 17.58 78.22)
OKLCH
oklch(94.84% 0.0449 78.06)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFEBCD white text measures 1.17:1 and black text 18.02:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on BlanchedAlmond
WCAG 2.2
1.17:1
APCA
Lc 9
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on BlanchedAlmond
WCAG 2.2
18.02:1
APCA
Lc 95
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check BlanchedAlmond against any other color in the contrast checker.
BlanchedAlmond sits at 95% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #0A0500, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#C8B599
20% darker
#948267
40% darker
#645339
60% darker
#36270E
80% darker
#0A0500
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFEBCD in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFEBCD 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.
BlanchedAlmond sits at 78 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 258 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 BlanchedAlmond at 48 and 108 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
78, 198 and 318 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 258 degrees, this pair flanks it at 228 and 288. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around BlanchedAlmond on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under tritanopia, where #FFEBCD reads as #FFE5E2, 13 CIEDE2000 units away. If BlanchedAlmond is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#F4EACB
Deuteranopia
#F9EFCE
Tritanopia
#FFE5E2
Achromatopsia
#EDEDED
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFEBCD, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.