#F5F7D8 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 #F5F7D8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5F7D8 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 #F5F7D8 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 #F5F7D8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5F7D8;
--color-base-rgb: 245 247 216;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.7% 0.041 110.1);
--color-50: #FCFDF2;
--color-100: #F7F9DC;
--color-200: #EDF1BB;
--color-300: #DDE28D;
--color-400: #C8D062;
--color-500: #ADB540;
--color-600: #858A38;
--color-700: #5E622D;
--color-800: #3E4021;
--color-900: #262816;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FCFDF2',
100: '#F7F9DC',
200: '#EDF1BB',
300: '#DDE28D',
400: '#C8D062',
500: '#ADB540',
600: '#858A38',
700: '#5E622D',
800: '#3E4021',
900: '#262816',
},
}
$base: #F5F7D8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFDF2; $base-100: #F7F9DC; $base-200: #EDF1BB; $base-300: #DDE28D; $base-400: #C8D062; $base-500: #ADB540; $base-600: #858A38; $base-700: #5E622D; $base-800: #3E4021; $base-900: #262816; $base-hover: #E1E78C; $base-subtle: #FBFCF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5F7D8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7F9DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDF1BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DDE28D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C8D062",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#ADB540",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#858A38",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E622D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E4021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262816",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}