#F0DBCC 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 #F0DBCC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0DBCC 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 #F0DBCC 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 #F0DBCC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0DBCC;
--color-base-rgb: 240 219 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.5% 0.031 57.9);
--color-50: #FCF7F3;
--color-100: #F6E9DF;
--color-200: #EDD2C0;
--color-300: #DBB294;
--color-400: #C7916B;
--color-500: #AB724A;
--color-600: #835B3F;
--color-700: #5E4431;
--color-800: #3E2E23;
--color-900: #261D17;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
almond: {
50: '#FCF7F3',
100: '#F6E9DF',
200: '#EDD2C0',
300: '#DBB294',
400: '#C7916B',
500: '#AB724A',
600: '#835B3F',
700: '#5E4431',
800: '#3E2E23',
900: '#261D17',
},
}
$base: #F0DBCC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF7F3; $base-100: #F6E9DF; $base-200: #EDD2C0; $base-300: #DBB294; $base-400: #C7916B; $base-500: #AB724A; $base-600: #835B3F; $base-700: #5E4431; $base-800: #3E2E23; $base-900: #261D17; $base-hover: #DCAA87; $base-subtle: #F9F4F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0DBCC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF7F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6E9DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDD2C0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DBB294",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C7916B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AB724A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#835B3F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E4431",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E2E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#261D17",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}