#EBE6CC 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 #EBE6CC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBE6CC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
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 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.
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 #EBE6CC 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 #EBE6CC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBE6CC;
--color-base-rgb: 235 230 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.035 98.1);
--color-50: #FBFAF4;
--color-100: #F4F1E1;
--color-200: #E8E2C4;
--color-300: #D4CB9B;
--color-400: #BDB175;
--color-500: #A19454;
--color-600: #7C7346;
--color-700: #595336;
--color-800: #3B3826;
--color-900: #252319;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pearl: {
50: '#FBFAF4',
100: '#F4F1E1',
200: '#E8E2C4',
300: '#D4CB9B',
400: '#BDB175',
500: '#A19454',
600: '#7C7346',
700: '#595336',
800: '#3B3826',
900: '#252319',
},
}
$base: #EBE6CC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFAF4; $base-100: #F4F1E1; $base-200: #E8E2C4; $base-300: #D4CB9B; $base-400: #BDB175; $base-500: #A19454; $base-600: #7C7346; $base-700: #595336; $base-800: #3B3826; $base-900: #252319; $base-hover: #D2C78C; $base-subtle: #F8F7F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBE6CC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F1E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8E2C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4CB9B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BDB175",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A19454",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C7346",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#595336",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3826",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252319",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}