#F5F2D6 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 #F5F2D6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5F2D6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Beige 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 Beige as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Beige 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.
Beige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beige 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 Beige carrying the quiet middle.
How #F5F2D6 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 #F5F2D6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5F2D6;
--color-base-rgb: 245 242 214;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.6% 0.037 102.1);
--color-50: #FCFBF2;
--color-100: #F8F5DD;
--color-200: #EFEABD;
--color-300: #DFD790;
--color-400: #CBC167;
--color-500: #B0A545;
--color-600: #877F3B;
--color-700: #605B2F;
--color-800: #3F3C22;
--color-900: #272516;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FCFBF2',
100: '#F8F5DD',
200: '#EFEABD',
300: '#DFD790',
400: '#CBC167',
500: '#B0A545',
600: '#877F3B',
700: '#605B2F',
800: '#3F3C22',
900: '#272516',
},
}
$base: #F5F2D6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFBF2; $base-100: #F8F5DD; $base-200: #EFEABD; $base-300: #DFD790; $base-400: #CBC167; $base-500: #B0A545; $base-600: #877F3B; $base-700: #605B2F; $base-800: #3F3C22; $base-900: #272516; $base-hover: #E3DA8C; $base-subtle: #FBFAF4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5F2D6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFBF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8F5DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFEABD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DFD790",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CBC167",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B0A545",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#877F3B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#605B2F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F3C22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272516",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}