Papaya Whip Screen
A full-screen solid papaya whip color (#FFEFD5). Fill your whole display, or download the papaya whip screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a papaya whip screen?
A papaya whip screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Papaya Whip, hex #FFEFD5, or rgb(255, 239, 213). It is a very light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 37° hue, 100% saturation and 92% lightness, and its relative luminance is 87.8%. papaya-whip is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Papaya Whip screen at a glance
How a full-screen papaya whip (#FFEFD5) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 88% of a white screen | Bright enough to use as a light source or fill light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | moderate (26% of its light) | About as much blue as a white screen. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 18.6:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | red and green at full power | A dead red or green sub-pixel shows as a dark dot. |
What people use a papaya whip screen for
Because Papaya Whip is so light, a papaya whip screen doubles as a soft light source: prop a phone or tablet beside you as fill light on a video call, use it as a gentle reading light, or as a backlit surface for tracing.
Yellow screens are bright and warm, useful as a cheerful ambient light, a low-blue reading light in the evening, or an attention-grabbing background for signage and photos. A full yellow field drives the red and green sub-pixels at once, so any pixel that stays dark or blue-tinted stands out immediately.
As a test pattern, a flat papaya whip field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#FFEFD5) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the papaya whip screen
The color is already set to Papaya Whip (#FFEFD5). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with papaya whip; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — a bright color like this makes a great 1080 × 1920 phone light or a 3840 × 2160 TV fill — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as papaya-whip-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat papaya whip image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Papaya Whip screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.13:1 · against black text 18.56:1. See the full Papaya Whip color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a papaya whip screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a papaya whip wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Papaya Whip on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from papaya whip in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
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The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Papaya Whip screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a papaya whip screen?
A papaya whip screen uses the color Papaya Whip, hex #FFEFD5 — rgb(255, 239, 213). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and papaya-whip also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen papaya whip?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with papaya whip and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a papaya whip screen?
A papaya whip screen gives off about 88% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, so it works well as a light source or fill light. About 26% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as moderate blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a papaya whip screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 18.6:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.