#F5D5C1 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 #F5D5C1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5D5C1 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 #F5D5C1 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 #F5D5C1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5D5C1;
--color-base-rgb: 245 213 193;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.5% 0.045 54.0);
--color-50: #FDF6F1;
--color-100: #FAE7DB;
--color-200: #F3CFB9;
--color-300: #E6AD89;
--color-400: #D58B5D;
--color-500: #BA6C3B;
--color-600: #8E5634;
--color-700: #64412A;
--color-800: #422C1F;
--color-900: #281C15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FDF6F1',
100: '#FAE7DB',
200: '#F3CFB9',
300: '#E6AD89',
400: '#D58B5D',
500: '#BA6C3B',
600: '#8E5634',
700: '#64412A',
800: '#422C1F',
900: '#281C15',
},
}
$base: #F5D5C1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF6F1; $base-100: #FAE7DB; $base-200: #F3CFB9; $base-300: #E6AD89; $base-400: #D58B5D; $base-500: #BA6C3B; $base-600: #8E5634; $base-700: #64412A; $base-800: #422C1F; $base-900: #281C15; $base-hover: #E9A276; $base-subtle: #FAF3EE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5D5C1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAE7DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3CFB9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E6AD89",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D58B5D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BA6C3B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E5634",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#64412A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#422C1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281C15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}