A warm white, black text passes AA
What color is oldlace?
oldlace is a warm white: #fdf5e6 in hex, rgb(253 245 230). Black text on it reaches 19.38:1, passing WCAG AAA. Recolor (recolor.page) shows it on a real page below.
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| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| Keyword | oldlace |
| Hex | #fdf5e6 |
| RGB | rgb(253 245 230) |
| HSL | hsl(39 85% 95%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(97.2% 0.022 83.3) |
| Nearest Tailwind color | orange-50 #fff7ed, 0.010 away in OKLab |
| White text | 1.08:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails |
| Black text | 19.38:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes |
About oldlace
In OKLCH terms oldlace has a lightness of 97.2%, a chroma of 0.022 and a hue of 83.3 degrees, a warm white to the eye.
HSL and OKLCH agree on how light it is, 95% and 97.2%. Its nearest CSS named color, seashell (#fff5ee), is 0.011 away in OKLab, too close to tell apart by eye.
For text, oldlace wants black: 19.38:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and white at 1.08:1 fails AA. In the hue-sorted table of named colors it sits between aliceblue and whitesmoke.
In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 the nearest default color is orange-50 (#fff7ed), 0.010 away in OKLab; for the exact color, an arbitrary value such as bg-[#fdf5e6] works.
Tints and shades
- #fffdfb
- #fefcf7
- #fefaf3
- #fef8ee
- #fdf7ea
- #fdf5e6
- #c7c0b4
- #938e85
- #625f59
- #363430
- #0e0e0c
From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.
A palette around it
- #fdf5e6
- #6e5130
- #a6c6d7
- #202b1f
- #b56992
Locked as the first of five swatches, oldlace gets #6e5130, #a6c6d7, #202b1f, #b56992 from Recolor's generator, a free palette, hues spread around the wheel. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.
Using oldlace
As a text color, oldlace on a black page gives the same 19.38:1.
.notice {
background-color: oldlace; /* #fdf5e6 */
color: black; /* 19.38:1 */
}Common questions
Does white text pass WCAG AA on oldlace?
No. White text measures 1.08:1 on oldlace, under AA's 4.5:1; black text measures 19.38:1 and passes.
Can oldlace be written in OKLCH?
Yes: oklch(97.2% 0.022 83.3), computed from #fdf5e6. A named color is an sRGB color, so its OKLCH value converts back to the same hex.
Is there a named color close to oldlace?
Yes: seashell (#fff5ee) is the nearest, 0.011 away in OKLab, then linen at 0.014.