OldLace color
Inspect OldLace (#FDF5E6) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
OldLace color values
OldLace
#FDF5E6
Black text reads best on this background, at 19.38:1.
OldLace is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FDF5E6 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(253, 245, 230) and hsl(39, 85%, 95%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 97% and its chroma at 0.022. 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 1.08:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 19.38:1. Because it is this light, OldLace works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to OldLace, measured with CIEDE2000, are FloralWhite (#FFFAF0), Linen (#FAF0E6), AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). If OldLace is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FDF5E6
RGB
rgb(253, 245, 230)
HSL
hsl(39, 85%, 95%)
HWB
hwb(39 90% 1%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 3%, 9%, 1%)
LAB
lab(96.87 0.91 8.25)
LCH
lch(96.87 8.3 83.68)
OKLCH
oklch(97.23% 0.0216 83.26)
Is OldLace accessible?
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FDF5E6 white text measures 1.08:1 and black text 19.38:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on OldLace
WCAG 2.2
1.08:1
APCA
Lc 0
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on OldLace
WCAG 2.2
19.38:1
APCA
Lc 100
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check OldLace against any other color in the contrast checker.
Tints and shades of OldLace
OldLace sits at 97% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #090501, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
Shades, toward black
#C5BDAF
20% darker
#90897B
40% darker
#5E574B
60% darker
#312B1F
80% darker
#090501
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FDF5E6 in the shade generator.
How OldLace looks with color blindness
The biggest shift is under tritanopia, where #FDF5E6 reads as #FFF2F0, 7.5 CIEDE2000 units away. If OldLace is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#F9F4E5
Deuteranopia
#FBF7E6
Tritanopia
#FFF2F0
Achromatopsia
#F6F6F6
Colors similar to OldLace
The nearest CSS keywords to #FDF5E6, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.