Cheesecake `#FFFCDA`

Cheesecake (#FFFCDA) is a near-white, muted yellow with an OKLCH hue of 103°, lightness 0.98 and chroma 0.044. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#FFFCDA`
RGB	`rgb(255, 252, 218)`
HSL	`hsl(55, 100%, 93%)`
HSV	`hsv(55, 15%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 1%, 15%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(98.4 -4.5 16.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.985 0.044 103)`

How Cheesecake behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cheesecake shifts subtly: leans toward orange, reads darker; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fff6cb — ΔE 2.0, shifts subtly: leans toward orange, reads darker
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #fffdd5 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward green
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fffcda — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fffddd — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Test Cheesecake in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.04:1 and against black 20.19:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Cheesecake

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fffcda · #cecbad · #a6a489 · #807e67 · #5c5a46 · #3a3928

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#fffcda · #fbe4b0 · #f0cca2 · #e1b598 · #d0a090 · #bb8c89

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#fffcda · #a7c0af · #a19c6e · #568968 · #656137 · #324a3a

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fffcda · #d8d7c6 · #b7b496 · #949278 · #5c5d8c · #363525

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fffcda · #dbdbe3 · #9b9b90 · #5c5c61 · #28271c · #010102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fffcda · #cccbbd · #a19f8f · #2b2914 · #0a0700 · #d5c84e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fffcda · #d0eed1 · #89b27b · #b72ef3 · #2e3a64 · #1d0515

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fffcda · #dadbeb · #809dbf · #6c507b · #0c2744 · #020005

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fffcda · #cde0e7 · #70a3b5 · #7a4b68 · #3b182e · #000408

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fffcda · #cce1e0 · #6da6a4 · #575786 · #40171d · #010007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FEFBDD · #FCFAE0 · #FBF9E3 · #F9F8E6 · #F8F7E9

Shades

#D0CDAF · #A2A085 · #77755E · #4F4D39 · #292818

Muted

#FEFCE1 · #FDFBE8 · #FCFBEF

Using Cheesecake

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.