Inspect Linen (#FAF0E6) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
Linen
#FAF0E6
Black text reads best on this background, at 18.67:1.
Linen is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FAF0E6 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(250, 240, 230) and hsl(30, 67%, 94%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 96% and its chroma at 0.017. 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 1.12:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 18.67:1. Because it is this light, Linen works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to Linen, measured with CIEDE2000, are SeaShell (#FFF5EE), OldLace (#FDF5E6), FloralWhite (#FFFAF0). If Linen is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FAF0E6
RGB
rgb(250, 240, 230)
HSL
hsl(30, 67%, 94%)
HWB
hwb(30 90% 2%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 4%, 8%, 2%)
LAB
lab(95.39 2.23 6.11)
LCH
lch(95.39 6.5 69.93)
OKLCH
oklch(96.02% 0.0171 67.62)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FAF0E6 white text measures 1.12:1 and black text 18.67:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on Linen
WCAG 2.2
1.12:1
APCA
Lc 0
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on Linen
WCAG 2.2
18.67:1
APCA
Lc 97
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check Linen against any other color in the contrast checker.
Linen sits at 96% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #0A0502, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#C3B9B0
20% darker
#8F867D
40% darker
#5E554D
60% darker
#312922
80% darker
#0A0502
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FAF0E6 in the shade generator.
The biggest shift is under tritanopia, where #FAF0E6 reads as #FEEEED, 5.9 CIEDE2000 units away. If Linen is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#F4F0E5
Deuteranopia
#F6F2E6
Tritanopia
#FEEEED
Achromatopsia
#F1F1F1
The nearest CSS keywords to #FAF0E6, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.