#F5EFDB 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 #F5EFDB works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5EFDB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Antique White 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 Antique White as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Antique White 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.
Antique White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Antique White 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 Antique White carrying the quiet middle.
How #F5EFDB 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 #F5EFDB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5EFDB;
--color-base-rgb: 245 239 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.1% 0.027 93.1);
--color-50: #FCFAF3;
--color-100: #F7F1DE;
--color-200: #EDE3BF;
--color-300: #DCCB93;
--color-400: #C8B26A;
--color-500: #AD9548;
--color-600: #84743D;
--color-700: #5E5430;
--color-800: #3E3823;
--color-900: #262317;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
antique-white: {
50: '#FCFAF3',
100: '#F7F1DE',
200: '#EDE3BF',
300: '#DCCB93',
400: '#C8B26A',
500: '#AD9548',
600: '#84743D',
700: '#5E5430',
800: '#3E3823',
900: '#262317',
},
}
$base: #F5EFDB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFAF3; $base-100: #F7F1DE; $base-200: #EDE3BF; $base-300: #DCCB93; $base-400: #C8B26A; $base-500: #AD9548; $base-600: #84743D; $base-700: #5E5430; $base-800: #3E3823; $base-900: #262317; $base-hover: #E1CF92; $base-subtle: #FBFAF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5EFDB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFAF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7F1DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDE3BF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DCCB93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C8B26A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AD9548",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#84743D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E5430",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3823",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262317",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}