#F0F3D3 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 #F0F3D3 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0F3D3 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.
This palette keeps Beige as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Beige 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.
Beige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy 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 #F0F3D3 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 #F0F3D3 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0F3D3;
--color-base-rgb: 240 243 211;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.4% 0.042 111.5);
--color-50: #FBFCF3;
--color-100: #F4F7DE;
--color-200: #E9EDBF;
--color-300: #D5DC93;
--color-400: #BFC86A;
--color-500: #A3AD48;
--color-600: #7D843D;
--color-700: #5A5E30;
--color-800: #3B3E23;
--color-900: #252617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FBFCF3',
100: '#F4F7DE',
200: '#E9EDBF',
300: '#D5DC93',
400: '#BFC86A',
500: '#A3AD48',
600: '#7D843D',
700: '#5A5E30',
800: '#3B3E23',
900: '#252617',
},
}
$base: #F0F3D3; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFCF3; $base-100: #F4F7DE; $base-200: #E9EDBF; $base-300: #D5DC93; $base-400: #BFC86A; $base-500: #A3AD48; $base-600: #7D843D; $base-700: #5A5E30; $base-800: #3B3E23; $base-900: #252617; $base-hover: #D7DF8C; $base-subtle: #FAFAF3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0F3D3",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9EDBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D5DC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BFC86A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A3AD48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D843D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A5E30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}