#F6CCBC is a soft, warm amber. 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 #F6CCBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F6CCBC 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 #F6CCBC 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 #F6CCBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F6CCBC;
--color-base-rgb: 246 204 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.7% 0.053 41.9);
--color-50: #FEF5F1;
--color-100: #FBE3DA;
--color-200: #F5C9B7;
--color-300: #E9A287;
--color-400: #D87E5A;
--color-500: #BD5D37;
--color-600: #904C32;
--color-700: #663A29;
--color-800: #43291E;
--color-900: #291A14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF5F1',
100: '#FBE3DA',
200: '#F5C9B7',
300: '#E9A287',
400: '#D87E5A',
500: '#BD5D37',
600: '#904C32',
700: '#663A29',
800: '#43291E',
900: '#291A14',
},
}
$base: #F6CCBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF5F1; $base-100: #FBE3DA; $base-200: #F5C9B7; $base-300: #E9A287; $base-400: #D87E5A; $base-500: #BD5D37; $base-600: #904C32; $base-700: #663A29; $base-800: #43291E; $base-900: #291A14; $base-hover: #EB936F; $base-subtle: #FAF1ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F6CCBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF5F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE3DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5C9B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9A287",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D87E5A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD5D37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#904C32",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#663A29",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43291E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291A14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}