#F4CEAC is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F4CEAC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F4CEAC 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 #F4CEAC 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 #F4CEAC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F4CEAC;
--color-base-rgb: 244 206 172;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.5% 0.062 63.7);
--color-50: #FEF7F1;
--color-100: #FBE9DA;
--color-200: #F5D4B7;
--color-300: #E9B486;
--color-400: #D99559;
--color-500: #BE7637;
--color-600: #915E31;
--color-700: #664528;
--color-800: #432F1E;
--color-900: #291E14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF7F1',
100: '#FBE9DA',
200: '#F5D4B7',
300: '#E9B486',
400: '#D99559',
500: '#BE7637',
600: '#915E31',
700: '#664528',
800: '#432F1E',
900: '#291E14',
},
}
$base: #F4CEAC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F1; $base-100: #FBE9DA; $base-200: #F5D4B7; $base-300: #E9B486; $base-400: #D99559; $base-500: #BE7637; $base-600: #915E31; $base-700: #664528; $base-800: #432F1E; $base-900: #291E14; $base-hover: #EBA364; $base-subtle: #F9F1E9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F4CEAC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE9DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5D4B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9B486",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D99559",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BE7637",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#915E31",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#664528",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#432F1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291E14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}