OldLace color

Inspect OldLace (#FDF5E6) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.

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OldLace

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.