#EFE7D6 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 #EFE7D6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFE7D6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Eggshell 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 Eggshell as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Eggshell 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.
Eggshell opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Eggshell 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 Eggshell carrying the quiet middle.
How #EFE7D6 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 #EFE7D6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFE7D6;
--color-base-rgb: 239 231 214;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.0% 0.024 85.8);
--color-50: #FBF9F4;
--color-100: #F4EEE1;
--color-200: #E8DDC4;
--color-300: #D4C29B;
--color-400: #BDA675;
--color-500: #A18954;
--color-600: #7C6B46;
--color-700: #594E36;
--color-800: #3B3426;
--color-900: #252119;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#FBF9F4',
100: '#F4EEE1',
200: '#E8DDC4',
300: '#D4C29B',
400: '#BDA675',
500: '#A18954',
600: '#7C6B46',
700: '#594E36',
800: '#3B3426',
900: '#252119',
},
}
$base: #EFE7D6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF9F4; $base-100: #F4EEE1; $base-200: #E8DDC4; $base-300: #D4C29B; $base-400: #BDA675; $base-500: #A18954; $base-600: #7C6B46; $base-700: #594E36; $base-800: #3B3426; $base-900: #252119; $base-hover: #D6C195; $base-subtle: #F9F8F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFE7D6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF9F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4EEE1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8DDC4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4C29B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BDA675",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A18954",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C6B46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#594E36",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3426",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252119",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}