#EDCAAC is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #EDCAAC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EDCAAC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Desert Sand as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Desert Sand 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.
Desert Sand holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Desert Sand opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Desert Sand 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 Desert Sand carrying the quiet middle.
How #EDCAAC 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 #EDCAAC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EDCAAC;
--color-base-rgb: 237 202 172;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.1% 0.056 62.6);
--color-50: #FDF7F2;
--color-100: #F8EADD;
--color-200: #F0D4BC;
--color-300: #E1B58E;
--color-400: #CE9564;
--color-500: #B37742;
--color-600: #895E39;
--color-700: #61462E;
--color-800: #402F21;
--color-900: #271E16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
desert-sand: {
50: '#FDF7F2',
100: '#F8EADD',
200: '#F0D4BC',
300: '#E1B58E',
400: '#CE9564',
500: '#B37742',
600: '#895E39',
700: '#61462E',
800: '#402F21',
900: '#271E16',
},
}
$base: #EDCAAC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF7F2; $base-100: #F8EADD; $base-200: #F0D4BC; $base-300: #E1B58E; $base-400: #CE9564; $base-500: #B37742; $base-600: #895E39; $base-700: #61462E; $base-800: #402F21; $base-900: #271E16; $base-hover: #DE9F68; $base-subtle: #F7EFE8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EDCAAC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF7F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8EADD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0D4BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E1B58E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CE9564",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B37742",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#895E39",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#61462E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402F21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271E16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}