#F7CAA2 is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F7CAA2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F7CAA2 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 #F7CAA2 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 #F7CAA2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F7CAA2;
--color-base-rgb: 247 202 162;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.9% 0.073 63.3);
--color-50: #FEF7F0;
--color-100: #FDE9D8;
--color-200: #F8D4B4;
--color-300: #EEB481;
--color-400: #DF9453;
--color-500: #C47530;
--color-600: #955D2D;
--color-700: #694525;
--color-800: #452F1C;
--color-900: #2A1E13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF7F0',
100: '#FDE9D8',
200: '#F8D4B4',
300: '#EEB481',
400: '#DF9453',
500: '#C47530',
600: '#955D2D',
700: '#694525',
800: '#452F1C',
900: '#2A1E13',
},
}
$base: #F7CAA2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F0; $base-100: #FDE9D8; $base-200: #F8D4B4; $base-300: #EEB481; $base-400: #DF9453; $base-500: #C47530; $base-600: #955D2D; $base-700: #694525; $base-800: #452F1C; $base-900: #2A1E13; $base-hover: #F09E56; $base-subtle: #F9EFE6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F7CAA2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8D4B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EEB481",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF9453",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C47530",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#955D2D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#694525",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#452F1C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1E13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}