Antique white

#cec9b4

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for antique white, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Antique white is a light yellow, open at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Antique white color values

Every conversion for #cec9b4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cec9b4

RGB206, 201, 180

HSL48, 21%, 76%

HSV48, 13%, 81%

CMYK0%, 2%, 13%, 19%

Lab80.84, -1.84, 11.11

XYZ54.58, 58.19, 51.54

Decimal13552052

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone413 C

Shades of antique white

#c0ba9f #b2aa89 #a49b74 #938a60 #7e7652 #686244 #534d36 #3e3928 #28251a #13110c

Tints of antique white

#d6d2c1 #dfdbce #e7e5db #f0eee7 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with antique white

Complementary#b4b9ce Analogous#cebcb4 Analogous#c6ceb4 Triadic#b4cec9 Triadic#c9b4ce Split complementary#b4c6ce Split complementary#bcb4ce

Antique white in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 13, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cec9b4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 13 19

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 16 25

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Antique white in css

Copy #cec9b4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cec9b4; }
.text { color: #cec9b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cec9b4; }

How antique white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Antique white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cec9b4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cec9b4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Antique white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cec9b4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around antique white? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn antique white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cec9b4 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from antique white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cec9b4 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.