#F6EFE0 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #F6EFE0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F6EFE0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Linen 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.
Linen opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Linen is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Linen.
Linen keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Linen 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 Linen carrying the quiet middle.
How #F6EFE0 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 #F6EFE0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F6EFE0;
--color-base-rgb: 246 239 224;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.4% 0.021 85.9);
--color-50: #FCF9F3;
--color-100: #F6EFDF;
--color-200: #EDDEC0;
--color-300: #DBC594;
--color-400: #C7AA6B;
--color-500: #AB8C4A;
--color-600: #836D3F;
--color-700: #5E5031;
--color-800: #3E3523;
--color-900: #262117;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FCF9F3',
100: '#F6EFDF',
200: '#EDDEC0',
300: '#DBC594',
400: '#C7AA6B',
500: '#AB8C4A',
600: '#836D3F',
700: '#5E5031',
800: '#3E3523',
900: '#262117',
},
}
$base: #F6EFE0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF9F3; $base-100: #F6EFDF; $base-200: #EDDEC0; $base-300: #DBC594; $base-400: #C7AA6B; $base-500: #AB8C4A; $base-600: #836D3F; $base-700: #5E5031; $base-800: #3E3523; $base-900: #262117; $base-hover: #E1C997; $base-subtle: #FBFAF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F6EFE0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF9F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6EFDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDDEC0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DBC594",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C7AA6B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AB8C4A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#836D3F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E5031",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3523",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262117",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}