What is the hex code for Old Lace?

Old Lace is #fdf5e6. In CSS the keyword oldlace, the hex #fdf5e6, rgb(253, 245, 230) and hsl(39, 85%, 95%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Old Lace on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #e6eefd, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Old Lace for text?

Old Lace as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.08:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.38:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

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Old Lace color: hex #fdf5e6, RGB and HSL

Old Lace is the CSS keyword oldlace, hex #fdf5e6, rgb(253, 245, 230), hsl(39, 85%, 95%). It is a very light, fully saturated orange in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: oldlace
Hex: #fdf5e6
RGB: rgb(253, 245, 230)
HSL: hsl(39, 85%, 95%)
On white: 1.08:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 19.38:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: oldlace;          /* keyword */
  color: #fdf5e6;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(253, 245, 230); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(39, 85%, 95%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with old lace

Each match keeps old lace's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside old lace as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#e6eefd

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#e6fafd

#eae6fd

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#e6fdf5

#f5e6fd

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#fde9e6

#fafde6

Tints and shades of old lace

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as old lace — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#fdf7ea

#fef8ee

#fefaf2

#fefcf7

#fffdfb

Shades (darker)

#f7d79b

#f1b951

#e09812

#95650c

#4b3306

A UI color palette built from old lace

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from old lace as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #fdf5e6
secondary: #e6fafd
accent: #eae6fd
background: #fdfdfc
surface: #f7f5f3
text: #221c11
muted: #8f7b56
border: #ece7df

Dark mode

primary: #fdf5e6
secondary: #e6fafd
accent: #eae6fd
background: #1b160e
surface: #282115
text: #f6f5f3
muted: #b8ab94
border: #493d27

Open old lace in the palette generator

Using old lace in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role old lace takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Old Lace?: Old Lace is #fdf5e6. In CSS the keyword oldlace, the hex #fdf5e6, rgb(253, 245, 230) and hsl(39, 85%, 95%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Old Lace?: Its complement is #e6eefd, the split-complementary pair is #e6fafd and #eae6fd, the triadic partners are #e6fdf5 and #f5e6fd, and the analogous neighbors are #fde9e6 and #fafde6. In an interface, use Old Lace for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Old Lace on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #e6eefd, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Old Lace for text?: Old Lace as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.08:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.38:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.