#F1CFAF is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #F1CFAF works with other colors. Named schemes with #F1CFAF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Apricot as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Apricot 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.
Apricot holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Apricot opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Apricot 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 Apricot carrying the quiet middle.
How #F1CFAF 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 #F1CFAF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F1CFAF;
--color-base-rgb: 241 207 175;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.5% 0.057 65.2);
--color-50: #FDF7F1;
--color-100: #FAEADB;
--color-200: #F3D5BA;
--color-300: #E5B68A;
--color-400: #D3975F;
--color-500: #B8783D;
--color-600: #8C5F35;
--color-700: #64462B;
--color-800: #413020;
--color-900: #281E15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FDF7F1',
100: '#FAEADB',
200: '#F3D5BA',
300: '#E5B68A',
400: '#D3975F',
500: '#B8783D',
600: '#8C5F35',
700: '#64462B',
800: '#413020',
900: '#281E15',
},
}
$base: #F1CFAF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF7F1; $base-100: #FAEADB; $base-200: #F3D5BA; $base-300: #E5B68A; $base-400: #D3975F; $base-500: #B8783D; $base-600: #8C5F35; $base-700: #64462B; $base-800: #413020; $base-900: #281E15; $base-hover: #E5A56A; $base-subtle: #F9F1EA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F1CFAF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAEADB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3D5BA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E5B68A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D3975F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B8783D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C5F35",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#64462B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#413020",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281E15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}