#F4E5D2 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 #F4E5D2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F4E5D2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Champagne 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 Champagne as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Champagne 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.
Champagne opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Champagne 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 Champagne carrying the quiet middle.
How #F4E5D2 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 #F4E5D2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F4E5D2;
--color-base-rgb: 244 229 210;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.9% 0.030 73.9);
--color-50: #FCF8F2;
--color-100: #F8ECDD;
--color-200: #EFDABD;
--color-300: #DFBD90;
--color-400: #CBA067;
--color-500: #B08245;
--color-600: #87663B;
--color-700: #604B2F;
--color-800: #3F3222;
--color-900: #272016;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
champagne: {
50: '#FCF8F2',
100: '#F8ECDD',
200: '#EFDABD',
300: '#DFBD90',
400: '#CBA067',
500: '#B08245',
600: '#87663B',
700: '#604B2F',
800: '#3F3222',
900: '#272016',
},
}
$base: #F4E5D2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF8F2; $base-100: #F8ECDD; $base-200: #EFDABD; $base-300: #DFBD90; $base-400: #CBA067; $base-500: #B08245; $base-600: #87663B; $base-700: #604B2F; $base-800: #3F3222; $base-900: #272016; $base-hover: #E2BC89; $base-subtle: #FAF7F3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F4E5D2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF8F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8ECDD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFDABD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DFBD90",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CBA067",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B08245",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#87663B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#604B2F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F3222",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272016",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}