Nearest-color comparison
Old Lace #FDF5E6 vs Linen #FAF0E6: RGB distance 5.8 and contrast 1.04:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Old Lace and Linen are very close, with an RGB distance of 5.8. Old Lace is lighter by 0.0354, and Old Lace is more saturated by 18 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Old Lace and Linen across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
orange color
Old Lace is #FDF5E6, a warm orange with hue 39°, saturation 85% and luminance 0.919. Beside Linen, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.38:1.
orange color
Linen is #FAF0E6, a warm orange with hue 30°, saturation 67% and luminance 0.8836. Beside Old Lace, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 18.67:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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"url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/old-lace/",
"apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-lace.json"
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{
"slug": "linen",
"name": "Linen",
"hex": "#FAF0E6",
"rgb": [
250,
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230
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30,
67,
94
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4,
8,
2
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"description": "Linen is #FAF0E6, a warm orange color with light character. Compared with Old Lace, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
"url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/linen/",
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}
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"textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
"safeText": [
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"color": "Old Lace",
"background": "#FDF5E6",
"foreground": "#000000",
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{
"color": "Linen",
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"chooseFirstWhen": "Old Lace is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FDF5E6.",
"chooseSecondWhen": "Linen is better when the design needs light orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAF0E6.",
"useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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"summary": "Old Lace and Linen are different orange colors with HEX values #FDF5E6 and #FAF0E6. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 5.8, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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