#EFEED0 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 #EFEED0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFEED0 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 #EFEED0 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 #EFEED0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFEED0;
--color-base-rgb: 239 238 208;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.2% 0.039 105.6);
--color-50: #FBFBF3;
--color-100: #F5F4E0;
--color-200: #EAE9C2;
--color-300: #D7D598;
--color-400: #C2BF70;
--color-500: #A6A34F;
--color-600: #7F7D42;
--color-700: #5B5A34;
--color-800: #3C3B25;
--color-900: #252518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#FBFBF3',
100: '#F5F4E0',
200: '#EAE9C2',
300: '#D7D598',
400: '#C2BF70',
500: '#A6A34F',
600: '#7F7D42',
700: '#5B5A34',
800: '#3C3B25',
900: '#252518',
},
}
$base: #EFEED0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFBF3; $base-100: #F5F4E0; $base-200: #EAE9C2; $base-300: #D7D598; $base-400: #C2BF70; $base-500: #A6A34F; $base-600: #7F7D42; $base-700: #5B5A34; $base-800: #3C3B25; $base-900: #252518; $base-hover: #D9D68F; $base-subtle: #F9F9F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFEED0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5F4E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EAE9C2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D7D598",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C2BF70",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A6A34F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7F7D42",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B5A34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C3B25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}