#F0DDCC 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 #F0DDCC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0DDCC 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 #F0DDCC 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 #F0DDCC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0DDCC;
--color-base-rgb: 240 221 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.8% 0.031 64.3);
--color-50: #FCF7F3;
--color-100: #F6EADF;
--color-200: #EDD5C0;
--color-300: #DBB594;
--color-400: #C7966B;
--color-500: #AB774A;
--color-600: #835F3F;
--color-700: #5E4631;
--color-800: #3E3023;
--color-900: #261E17;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
almond: {
50: '#FCF7F3',
100: '#F6EADF',
200: '#EDD5C0',
300: '#DBB594',
400: '#C7966B',
500: '#AB774A',
600: '#835F3F',
700: '#5E4631',
800: '#3E3023',
900: '#261E17',
},
}
$base: #F0DDCC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF7F3; $base-100: #F6EADF; $base-200: #EDD5C0; $base-300: #DBB594; $base-400: #C7966B; $base-500: #AB774A; $base-600: #835F3F; $base-700: #5E4631; $base-800: #3E3023; $base-900: #261E17; $base-hover: #DCAF87; $base-subtle: #F9F5F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0DDCC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF7F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6EADF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDD5C0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DBB594",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C7966B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AB774A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#835F3F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E4631",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3023",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#261E17",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}