Color swatch image showing PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) with RGB(255,218,185) values

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) Color Meaning and Information

Everything you need to know about PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) including values, color harmonies, shades, meanings, and applications in design, branding, and everyday visuals.

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) Color Information

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) RGB value is (255, 218, 185). The hex color red value is 255, green is 218, and blue is 185. Its HSL format shows a hue of 28°, saturation of 100 percent, and lightness of 86 percent. The CMYK process values are 0 percent, 15 percent, 27 percent, 0 percent.

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PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) Color Meaning

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) embodies a specific digital warmth, coded comfort, and nostalgic softness. As a standardized web color, PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) precisely replicates the cozy, powdered-sugar hue, ensuring consistent evocation of domestic ease across all screens. Psychologically, PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) provides reliable visual comfort, reducing digital harshness and fostering a sense of approachable, gentle interaction. This color is a deliberate tool in user experience design to soften interfaces, make notifications feel less alarming, and create a perceived environment of user-friendly care. It translates analogue comfort into a reproducible digital signal. Culturally, PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) is a legacy of the early web's effort to name colors with tangible, familiar poetry. Symbolically, it represents the importation of hearth and home into the virtual realm, a buffer against the coldness of pure technology. In modern use, deploying PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) is a conscious choice to inject a specific, coded form of humanizing warmth into a system, making the digital space feel more nurtured and forgiving.

Color Conversion

Convert PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) across different color models and formats. These conversions help designers work seamlessly between digital and print media, ensuring this color maintains its intended appearance across RGB screens, CMYK printers, and HSL color manipulations.

HEX
#FFDAB9
RGB
rgb(255, 218, 185)
HSL
hsl(28°, 100%, 86%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 15%, 27%, 0%)
HSV
hsv(28°, 27%, 100%)
XYZ
75.0684 74.9056 56.4006
Yxy
74.9056 0.3637 0.3630
Hunter Lab
86.5480 3.1163 6.4182
CIE-Lab
89.3488 8.0888 21.0139

RGB Values & CMYK Values

RGB Values

Red255 / 255 (100%)
100%
Green218 / 255 (85%)
85%
Blue185 / 255 (73%)
73%

CMYK Values

Cyan0 / 100 (0%)
Magenta15 / 100 (15%)
15%
Yellow27 / 100 (27%)
27%
Key (Black)0 / 100 (0%)

Color Variations

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) harmonies come to life through carefully balanced shades, tints, and tones, giving this color depth and flexibility across light and dark variations. Shades add richness, tints bring an airy softness, and tones soften intensity, making it easy to pair in clean, modern palettes.

Color Harmonies

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) harmonies create beautiful relationships with other colors based on their position on the color wheel. Each harmony type offers unique design possibilities, enabling cohesive and visually appealing color schemes.

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the color wheel (30° apart)

Complementary

Colors opposite on the color wheel (180° apart)

Split Complementary

Three colors using one base hue and the two hues beside its opposite

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced (120° apart)

Tetradic

Four colors forming a rectangle on the wheel

Square

Four colors evenly spaced (90° apart)

Double Split

Four colors formed from two base hues and the colors next to their opposites

Monochromatic

Variations of a single hue

Contrast Checker

(WCAG 2.1) Test PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) for accessibility compliance against white and black backgrounds. Proper contrast ensures this color remains readable and usable for all audiences, meeting WCAG 2.1 standards for both normal and large text applications.

#FFFFFF
#FFDAB9

Sample Text

This is how your text will look with these colors.

Large Text (18pt+)

1.31:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Normal Text

1.31:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

UI Components

1.31:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Color Blindness Simulator

See how #FFDAB9 appears to people with different types of color vision deficiencies. These simulations help create more inclusive designs that consider how this color is perceived across various visual abilities.

Normal Vision

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9)

protanopia

#efefc1

Note: These simulations are approximations. Actual color vision deficiency varies by individual.

CSS Examples

Background Color

background-color: #FFDAB9;

Text Color

color: #FFDAB9;

Sample Text

Border Color

border: 2px solid #FFDAB9;

Box Shadow

box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #FFDAB940;

Text Shadow

text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #FFDAB9;

Sample Text

Gradient

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFDAB9 0%, #fb7500 100%);

PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) Color FAQs

Frequently asked questions about PeachPuff (#FFDAB9) color meaning, symbolism, and applications. Click on any question to expand detailed answers.