#EFFBE0 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 #EFFBE0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EFFBE0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Beige 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.
Beige leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Beige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beige holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Beige 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 Beige carrying the quiet middle.
How #EFFBE0 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 #EFFBE0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EFFBE0;
--color-base-rgb: 239 251 224;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.2% 0.038 126.7);
--color-50: #F8FEF1;
--color-100: #ECFBDA;
--color-200: #D9F5B7;
--color-300: #BDE986;
--color-400: #9FD959;
--color-500: #81BE37;
--color-600: #669131;
--color-700: #4B6628;
--color-800: #32431E;
--color-900: #202914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#F8FEF1',
100: '#ECFBDA',
200: '#D9F5B7',
300: '#BDE986',
400: '#9FD959',
500: '#81BE37',
600: '#669131',
700: '#4B6628',
800: '#32431E',
900: '#202914',
},
}
$base: #EFFBE0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FEF1; $base-100: #ECFBDA; $base-200: #D9F5B7; $base-300: #BDE986; $base-400: #9FD959; $base-500: #81BE37; $base-600: #669131; $base-700: #4B6628; $base-800: #32431E; $base-900: #202914; $base-hover: #C3F08B; $base-subtle: #FAFDF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EFFBE0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9F5B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BDE986",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9FD959",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#81BE37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#669131",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4B6628",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}