CSS named color

Old Lace #FDF5E6

The CSS keyword oldlace is #FDF5E6. It is a pale grayish amber in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.972, chroma 0.022 and hue 83.3°.

Relative luminance
0.9190
OKLCH L · C · h
0.972 · 0.022 · 83.3
Best text
Black 19.38:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FDF5E6 color codes

HEX
#FDF5E6
RGB
rgb(253, 245, 230)
HSL
hsl(39, 85%, 95%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.972 0.022 83.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.972 0.003 0.021)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 96.78, a* 0.17, b* 8.17
XYZ (D65)
X 87.44, Y 91.90, Z 87.98
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 3%, 9%, 1%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FDF5E6 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.38:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.08:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    19.38:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +100

  • White text on it

    1.08:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.08:1

  • As text on black

    19.38:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −101

  • As text on white

    1.08:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.08:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7B7467 4.62:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.97 to 0.56 reaches 4.62:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FDF5E6 19.38:1

    It already reaches 19.38:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FDF5E6 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FDF5E6

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FDF5E6 sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#FDF5E6
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.38
  2. 100#F1EADE
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.56
  3. 200#DED7CA
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.67
  4. 300#C4BDAF
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.24
  5. 400#A8A193
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.18
  6. 500#8C8578
    White
    3.65
    Black
    5.74
  7. 600#756E61
    White
    5.04
    Black
    4.15
  8. 700#5E574B
    White
    7.14
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#453F34
    White
    10.42
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#2D281F
    White
    14.63
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#1A150E
    White
    18.14
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FDF5E6 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.028; #FDF5E6 uses 78% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.034 there: 24% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.022
sRGB edge
0.028
Display P3 edge
0.034
Rec. 2020 edge
0.053
Dominant wavelength
577 nm
Excitation purity
8%
Chromaticity
x 0.3271, y 0.3438
  • This color#FDF5E6
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFF5E2
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.972 0.034 83.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fdf5e6;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9604 0.875); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FDF5E6

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FEFAF3
  • OKLab50%#FEFAF3
  • OKLCH50%#FEFAF3

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F7B73
  • OKLab50%#625F59
  • OKLCH50%#625F59

Its complement #F1F6FF

  • sRGB50%#F7F6F3
  • OKLab50%#F7F6F3
  • OKLCH50%#EBFAF5
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fdf5e6, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fdf5e6 50%, white);

In use

#FDF5E6 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.38:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.08:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.08:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.08:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7B7467 4.62:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.38:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.28:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.28:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.28:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FDF5E6 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 8.0; protanopia changes it least, 2.1.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #F9F5E5 ΔE2000 2.1

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FBF7E6 ΔE2000 2.3

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFF2F1 ΔE2000 8.0

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #F6F6F6 ΔE2000 6.9

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FDF5E6

Its complement is #F1F6FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDF5E6
  • Complement#F1F6FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFF3EC
  • Base#FDF5E6
  • +30°#F5F8E7

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDF5E6
  • +120°#E6FBFC
  • +240°#FDF1FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDF5E6
  • +150°#ECF8FF
  • +210°#F6F4FF

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-oldlace: #fdf5e6;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        oldlace: '#fdf5e6',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-oldlace: oklch(0.972 0.022 83.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "oldlace": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.9608, 0.902],
        "hex": "#fdf5e6"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color oldlace"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let oldlace = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.961, blue: 0.902, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Oldlace = Color(0xFFFDF5E6)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FDF5E6 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.