#F0E0D5 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 #F0E0D5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0E0D5 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 #F0E0D5 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 #F0E0D5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0E0D5;
--color-base-rgb: 240 224 213;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.7% 0.023 56.9);
--color-50: #FBF7F3;
--color-100: #F5E9E0;
--color-200: #E9D2C3;
--color-300: #D6B299;
--color-400: #C09172;
--color-500: #A47251;
--color-600: #7E5B44;
--color-700: #5A4434;
--color-800: #3C2E25;
--color-900: #251D18;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
almond: {
50: '#FBF7F3',
100: '#F5E9E0',
200: '#E9D2C3',
300: '#D6B299',
400: '#C09172',
500: '#A47251',
600: '#7E5B44',
700: '#5A4434',
800: '#3C2E25',
900: '#251D18',
},
}
$base: #F0E0D5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF7F3; $base-100: #F5E9E0; $base-200: #E9D2C3; $base-300: #D6B299; $base-400: #C09172; $base-500: #A47251; $base-600: #7E5B44; $base-700: #5A4434; $base-800: #3C2E25; $base-900: #251D18; $base-hover: #D8AF93; $base-subtle: #FAF6F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0E0D5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF7F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E9E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9D2C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D6B299",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C09172",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A47251",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E5B44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A4434",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C2E25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251D18",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}