Old lace

#e4e2d8

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, light and muted. 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 #e4e2d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e2d8

RGB228, 226, 216

HSL50, 18%, 87%

HSV50, 5%, 89%

CMYK0%, 1%, 5%, 11%

Lab89.79, -1.06, 5.11

XYZ71.59, 75.84, 75.83

Decimal15000280

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of old lace

#d3d0c0 #c2bea7 #b1ac8f #a09976 #8c8561 #746e50 #5b573f #43402e #2b281d #12110d

Tints of old lace

#e6e4db #e8e6de #eae8e1 #eceae3 #eeede6 #f0efe9 #f2f1ec #f4f3ef #f6f5f2 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with old lace

Complementary#d8dae4 Analogous#e4dcd8 Analogous#e0e4d8 Triadic#d8e4e2 Triadic#e2d8e4 Split complementary#d8e0e4 Split complementary#dcd8e4

Old lace in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 5, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e2d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 5 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 9 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 #e4e2d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e2d8; }
.text { color: #e4e2d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e2d8; }

How old lace looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Old lace and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4e2d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e2d8 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 #e4e2d8 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 #e4e2d8 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 #e4e2d8 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.