Beige Color
Beige is a yellow color with hex code #F5F5DC. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with beige, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Beige Color Values
What Does Beige Mean?
Beige belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Beige reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Beige is classified as a white (nearest centroid: yellowish white, #F0EAD6). It is also known as Holy White.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Beige
Beige and #DBDBF5 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #F5E8DB and #E8F5DB, which sit beside beige on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair beige with triadic partners #DBF5F5 and #F5DBF5. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Coconut Cream —
#F8F7DC(Delta E 1) - Loafer —
#EEF4DE(Delta E 3) - Hint Of Yellow —
#FAFDE4(Delta E 3) - Half Dutch White —
#FEF7DE(Delta E 3) - Rum Swizzle —
#F9F8E4(Delta E 3)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #F5F5DC; }
.background { background-color: #F5F5DC; }
.border { border: 2px solid #F5F5DC; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #F5F5DC40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for beige?
Beige has the hex code #F5F5DC. In RGB notation it is rgb(245, 245, 220), in HSL it is hsl(60, 56%, 91%), and its OKLCH value is 0.964, 0.033, 107.
What does the color beige mean?
Yellow-family colors like beige carry distinct psychological associations. Beige belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Beige reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with beige?
Beige has three easy routes: its complement #DBDBF5 for punch, its neighbors #F5E8DB and #E8F5DB for something calmer, or triadic partners #DBF5F5 and #F5DBF5 when you want energy.
Is beige a standard web color?
Yes — Beige is part of the CSS named colors specification, so you can use it directly in CSS as #F5F5DC or with the keyword form where supported.
How do I make beige lighter or darker?
To lighten beige, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FEFEFB (lightest tint) to #3C3C11 (darkest shade).
About Beige
Beige is classified as a White in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has alternative names including Holy White. The color is recognized by CSS3, X11, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #F5F5DC to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.