Antique White

About Antique White

Antique White is the hex color #FAEBD7, which translates to rgb(250, 235, 215) in RGB and hsl(34, 78%, 91%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 34 degrees, with a saturation of 78 percent and a lightness of 91 percent. That puts Antique White at the pale end of the neutral range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Antique White compares

Antique White is exactly the CSS keyword antiquewhite, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is orange-100 (#FFEDD4), at a distance of 2.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Eggshell at 3.5. Sorted by lightness, Antique White is number 26 of the 37 neutral colors here.

Text on Antique White

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Antique White, led by Ink black at 16.34:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Antique White already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Antique White

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Antique White for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.