Inspect AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
AntiqueWhite
#FAEBD7
Black text reads best on this background, at 17.93:1.
AntiqueWhite is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FAEBD7 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(250, 235, 215) and hsl(34, 78%, 91%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 95% and its chroma at 0.031. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the off-whites.
White text only reaches 1.17:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 17.93:1. Because it is this light, AntiqueWhite works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to AntiqueWhite, measured with CIEDE2000, are PapayaWhip (#FFEFD5), BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD), OldLace (#FDF5E6). If AntiqueWhite is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FAEBD7
RGB
rgb(250, 235, 215)
HSL
hsl(34, 78%, 91%)
HWB
hwb(34 84% 2%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 6%, 14%, 2%)
LAB
lab(93.86 2.86 11.66)
LCH
lch(93.86 12.01 76.22)
OKLCH
oklch(94.67% 0.0311 75.22)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FAEBD7 white text measures 1.17:1 and black text 17.93:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on AntiqueWhite
WCAG 2.2
1.17:1
APCA
Lc 9
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on AntiqueWhite
WCAG 2.2
17.93:1
APCA
Lc 95
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check AntiqueWhite against any other color in the contrast checker.
AntiqueWhite sits at 95% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #0B0500, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#C4B5A2
20% darker
#908371
40% darker
#605342
60% darker
#332818
80% darker
#0B0500
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FAEBD7 in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FAEBD7 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.
AntiqueWhite sits at 75 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 255 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 AntiqueWhite at 45 and 105 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
75, 195 and 315 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 255 degrees, this pair flanks it at 225 and 285. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around AntiqueWhite on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under tritanopia, where #FAEBD7 reads as #FFE7E5, 10.4 CIEDE2000 units away. If AntiqueWhite is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#F1EBD6
Deuteranopia
#F5EED7
Tritanopia
#FFE7E5
Achromatopsia
#EDEDED
The nearest CSS keywords to #FAEBD7, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.