#EBDEC6 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 #EBDEC6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBDEC6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Pearl as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pearl 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.
Pearl holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Pearl opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pearl 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 Pearl carrying the quiet middle.
How #EBDEC6 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 #EBDEC6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBDEC6;
--color-base-rgb: 235 222 198;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.5% 0.035 82.9);
--color-50: #FBF9F3;
--color-100: #F5EEE0;
--color-200: #EADCC3;
--color-300: #D7C199;
--color-400: #C1A571;
--color-500: #A58750;
--color-600: #7F6A43;
--color-700: #5B4D34;
--color-800: #3C3425;
--color-900: #252118;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pearl: {
50: '#FBF9F3',
100: '#F5EEE0',
200: '#EADCC3',
300: '#D7C199',
400: '#C1A571',
500: '#A58750',
600: '#7F6A43',
700: '#5B4D34',
800: '#3C3425',
900: '#252118',
},
}
$base: #EBDEC6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF9F3; $base-100: #F5EEE0; $base-200: #EADCC3; $base-300: #D7C199; $base-400: #C1A571; $base-500: #A58750; $base-600: #7F6A43; $base-700: #5B4D34; $base-800: #3C3425; $base-900: #252118; $base-hover: #D5B986; $base-subtle: #F8F5EF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBDEC6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF9F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5EEE0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EADCC3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D7C199",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C1A571",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A58750",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7F6A43",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B4D34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C3425",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252118",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}