Old lace

#faf4e0

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

Old lace falls in the yellow band, pale and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Old lace color values

Every conversion for #faf4e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faf4e0

RGB250, 244, 224

HSL46, 72%, 93%

HSV46, 10%, 98%

CMYK0%, 2%, 10%, 2%

Lab96.17, -1.32, 10.34

XYZ85.23, 90.41, 83.48

Decimal16446688

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of old lace

#f4e6ba #eed994 #e8cb6d #e1be47 #d9af23 #b3901d #8d7217 #675311 #41340a #1a1504

Tints of old lace

#faf5e2 #fbf5e3 #fbf6e5 #fbf6e6 #fbf7e8 #fcf7e9 #fcf8eb #fcf8ed #fcf9ee #fdfaf0

Colors that go with old lace

Complementary#e0e6fa Analogous#fae7e0 Analogous#f3fae0 Triadic#e0faf4 Triadic#f4e0fa Split complementary#e0f3fa Split complementary#e7e0fa

Old lace in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 10, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faf4e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 10 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 13 8

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Old lace in css

Copy #faf4e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faf4e0; }
.text { color: #faf4e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faf4e0; }

How old lace looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Old lace and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #faf4e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faf4e0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Old lace on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #faf4e0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around old lace? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn old lace into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #faf4e0 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 old lace, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #faf4e0 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.