#EEE5DA 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 #EEE5DA works with other colors. Named schemes with #EEE5DA 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 #EEE5DA 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 #EEE5DA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EEE5DA;
--color-base-rgb: 238 229 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.6% 0.018 73.1);
--color-50: #FAF8F4;
--color-100: #F3EBE3;
--color-200: #E5D8C7;
--color-300: #CFBAA0;
--color-400: #B89C7A;
--color-500: #9B7E5A;
--color-600: #78634A;
--color-700: #564938;
--color-800: #393128;
--color-900: #241F1A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#FAF8F4',
100: '#F3EBE3',
200: '#E5D8C7',
300: '#CFBAA0',
400: '#B89C7A',
500: '#9B7E5A',
600: '#78634A',
700: '#564938',
800: '#393128',
900: '#241F1A',
},
}
$base: #EEE5DA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF8F4; $base-100: #F3EBE3; $base-200: #E5D8C7; $base-300: #CFBAA0; $base-400: #B89C7A; $base-500: #9B7E5A; $base-600: #78634A; $base-700: #564938; $base-800: #393128; $base-900: #241F1A; $base-hover: #D1B89A; $base-subtle: #F9F7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EEE5DA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF8F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3EBE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E5D8C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CFBAA0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B89C7A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9B7E5A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#78634A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#564938",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#393128",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241F1A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}