#D7DABC is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D7DABC works with other colors. Named schemes with #D7DABC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bone sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Bone as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bone anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Bone opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Bone is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Bone carrying the quiet middle.
How #D7DABC actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #D7DABC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D7DABC;
--color-base-rgb: 215 218 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.8% 0.040 111.9);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #F0F1E4;
--color-200: #E0E2CA;
--color-300: #C7CAA5;
--color-400: #ACB181;
--color-500: #8F9461;
--color-600: #6F734F;
--color-700: #51533C;
--color-800: #363729;
--color-900: #22231B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bone: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#F0F1E4',
200: '#E0E2CA',
300: '#C7CAA5',
400: '#ACB181',
500: '#8F9461',
600: '#6F734F',
700: '#51533C',
800: '#363729',
900: '#22231B',
},
}
$base: #D7DABC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #F0F1E4; $base-200: #E0E2CA; $base-300: #C7CAA5; $base-400: #ACB181; $base-500: #8F9461; $base-600: #6F734F; $base-700: #51533C; $base-800: #363729; $base-900: #22231B; $base-hover: #B8BE89; $base-subtle: #F2F3EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D7DABC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F1E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0E2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C7CAA5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ACB181",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8F9461",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F734F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#51533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363729",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#22231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}