Old Lace #FDF5E6

Old Lace color (#FDF5E6)

Old Lace is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword oldlace anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FDF5E6, which is rgb(253, 245, 230) in RGB.

It is a very light, muted color with a hue angle of 39° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 97% in OKLCH. On a old lace background, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.38:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Old Lace color codes

CSS name oldlace
HEX #FDF5E6
HEX (8-digit) #FDF5E6FF
RGB rgb(253, 245, 230)
HSL hsl(39, 85%, 95%)
HSV / HSB hsv(39, 9%, 99%)
OKLCH oklch(97.2% 0.0216 83.3)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9.1%, 0.8%)

Contrast with white and black

WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for old lace used as text and as a background.

Aa Sample text
Old Lace text on white
1.08:1 WCAG Lc 0 APCA Fails AA
Aa Sample text
Old Lace text on black
19.38:1 WCAG Lc -101.8 APCA Passes AA
Aa Sample text
White text on old lace
1.08:1 WCAG Lc 0 APCA Fails AA
Aa Sample text
Black text on old lace
19.38:1 WCAG Lc 100.5 APCA Passes AA

Tints and shades of old lace

Tints mix old lace with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.

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Colors that go with old lace

Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.

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Old Lace with color blindness

Approximately how old lace appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.

Using old lace in CSS

.element {
  color: oldlace;
  background-color: #fdf5e6;
  border-color: rgb(253 245 230 / 50%);
  outline-color: oklch(97.2% 0.0216 83.3);
}

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