Old lace

#dfdbcb

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

This is Old lace, a muted yellow at 48 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 #dfdbcb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfdbcb

RGB223, 219, 203

HSL48, 24%, 84%

HSV48, 9%, 87%

CMYK0%, 2%, 9%, 13%

Lab87.32, -1.38, 8.34

XYZ66.54, 70.66, 66.63

Decimal14670795

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5665 C

Shades of old lace

#d0cab3 #c1b99a #b2a882 #a39769 #8d8257 #756c48 #5c5539 #443f2a #2b281b #13110c

Tints of old lace

#e2decf #e4e1d3 #e7e4d7 #e9e6db #ece9df #eeece4 #f1efe8 #f3f2ec #f6f5f0 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with old lace

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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, 9, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 9 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 12 19

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 #dfdbcb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #dfdbcb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

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

The figures for #dfdbcb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.