#F1D5BC is a muted, 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 #F1D5BC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F1D5BC 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 #F1D5BC 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 #F1D5BC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F1D5BC;
--color-base-rgb: 241 213 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.0% 0.046 64.0);
--color-50: #FDF7F2;
--color-100: #F9EADD;
--color-200: #F1D4BC;
--color-300: #E2B58E;
--color-400: #CF9563;
--color-500: #B47741;
--color-600: #895E38;
--color-700: #62462D;
--color-800: #402F21;
--color-900: #271E16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FDF7F2',
100: '#F9EADD',
200: '#F1D4BC',
300: '#E2B58E',
400: '#CF9563',
500: '#B47741',
600: '#895E38',
700: '#62462D',
800: '#402F21',
900: '#271E16',
},
}
$base: #F1D5BC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF7F2; $base-100: #F9EADD; $base-200: #F1D4BC; $base-300: #E2B58E; $base-400: #CF9563; $base-500: #B47741; $base-600: #895E38; $base-700: #62462D; $base-800: #402F21; $base-900: #271E16; $base-hover: #E2A875; $base-subtle: #F9F2ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F1D5BC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF7F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9EADD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1D4BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E2B58E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CF9563",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B47741",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#895E38",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#62462D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402F21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271E16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}