#E4E7D9 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #E4E7D9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E4E7D9 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Greige 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.
Greige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Greige leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Greige is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Greige.
Greige 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 Greige carrying the quiet middle.
How #E4E7D9 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 #E4E7D9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E4E7D9;
--color-base-rgb: 228 231 217;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.019 116.6);
--color-50: #F8F9F5;
--color-100: #EDF0E6;
--color-200: #DBE0CD;
--color-300: #C0C6A9;
--color-400: #A4AC86;
--color-500: #868F66;
--color-600: #696F53;
--color-700: #4D513E;
--color-800: #34362B;
--color-900: #20221B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#F8F9F5',
100: '#EDF0E6',
200: '#DBE0CD',
300: '#C0C6A9',
400: '#A4AC86',
500: '#868F66',
600: '#696F53',
700: '#4D513E',
800: '#34362B',
900: '#20221B',
},
}
$base: #E4E7D9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F9F5; $base-100: #EDF0E6; $base-200: #DBE0CD; $base-300: #C0C6A9; $base-400: #A4AC86; $base-500: #868F66; $base-600: #696F53; $base-700: #4D513E; $base-800: #34362B; $base-900: #20221B; $base-hover: #BDC5A2; $base-subtle: #F7F7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E4E7D9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDF0E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBE0CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0C6A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A4AC86",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#868F66",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#696F53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D513E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34362B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#20221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}