#EFDECC 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 #EFDECC works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFDECC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Almond 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 Almond as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Almond 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.
Almond opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Almond 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 Almond carrying the quiet middle.
How #EFDECC 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 #EFDECC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFDECC;
--color-base-rgb: 239 222 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.0% 0.031 69.0);
--color-50: #FCF7F3;
--color-100: #F6EBDF;
--color-200: #EBD7C1;
--color-300: #D9B996;
--color-400: #C49A6E;
--color-500: #A87C4D;
--color-600: #816241;
--color-700: #5C4832;
--color-800: #3D3124;
--color-900: #261F18;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
almond: {
50: '#FCF7F3',
100: '#F6EBDF',
200: '#EBD7C1',
300: '#D9B996',
400: '#C49A6E',
500: '#A87C4D',
600: '#816241',
700: '#5C4832',
800: '#3D3124',
900: '#261F18',
},
}
$base: #EFDECC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF7F3; $base-100: #F6EBDF; $base-200: #EBD7C1; $base-300: #D9B996; $base-400: #C49A6E; $base-500: #A87C4D; $base-600: #816241; $base-700: #5C4832; $base-800: #3D3124; $base-900: #261F18; $base-hover: #DAB389; $base-subtle: #F9F5F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFDECC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF7F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6EBDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBD7C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D9B996",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C49A6E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A87C4D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#816241",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C4832",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D3124",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#261F18",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}