#EDE3DA 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 #EDE3DA works with other colors. Named schemes with #EDE3DA 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 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 keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 #EDE3DA 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 #EDE3DA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EDE3DA;
--color-base-rgb: 237 227 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.1% 0.016 64.7);
--color-50: #FAF7F4;
--color-100: #F2EAE3;
--color-200: #E4D5C8;
--color-300: #CEB6A1;
--color-400: #B6977C;
--color-500: #99785C;
--color-600: #775F4B;
--color-700: #564639;
--color-800: #393028;
--color-900: #231E1A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#FAF7F4',
100: '#F2EAE3',
200: '#E4D5C8',
300: '#CEB6A1',
400: '#B6977C',
500: '#99785C',
600: '#775F4B',
700: '#564639',
800: '#393028',
900: '#231E1A',
},
}
$base: #EDE3DA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF7F4; $base-100: #F2EAE3; $base-200: #E4D5C8; $base-300: #CEB6A1; $base-400: #B6977C; $base-500: #99785C; $base-600: #775F4B; $base-700: #564639; $base-800: #393028; $base-900: #231E1A; $base-hover: #CFB49C; $base-subtle: #F9F6F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EDE3DA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF7F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2EAE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4D5C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CEB6A1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B6977C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#99785C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#775F4B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#564639",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#393028",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231E1A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}