Old lace

#e4dfcd

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

This is Old lace, a soft yellow at 47 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Old lace color values

Every conversion for #e4dfcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dfcd
RGB228, 223, 205
HSL47, 30%, 85%
HSV47, 10%, 89%
CMYK0%, 2%, 10%, 11%
Lab88.77, -1.35, 9.41
XYZ69.4, 73.68, 68.32
Decimal14999501
Web safe#cccccc
Pantone5665 C
Pantone5665 CHex#e4dfcdRgb228 223 205Cmyk0 2 10 11Lab89 -1 9Darker#b2a470Deep#cbc19fLighter#f4f2ec

Shades of old lace

Tints of old lace

Colors that go with old lace

Old lace in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 10, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dfcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 2 10 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 6 13 17
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 #e4dfcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dfcd; }
.text { color: #e4dfcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dfcd; }

How old lace looks on light and dark

Old lace and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4dfcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.33:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
15.74:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dfcd 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 #e4dfcd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e4dfcd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from old lace, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e4dfcd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.