#F7CFBD is a muted, 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 #F7CFBD works with other colors. Named schemes with #F7CFBD 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 #F7CFBD 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 #F7CFBD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F7CFBD;
--color-base-rgb: 247 207 189;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(88.4% 0.052 45.6);
--color-50: #FEF5F1;
--color-100: #FBE4DA;
--color-200: #F6CBB6;
--color-300: #EAA585;
--color-400: #DA8158;
--color-500: #BF6136;
--color-600: #914F30;
--color-700: #673C28;
--color-800: #432A1E;
--color-900: #291B14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF5F1',
100: '#FBE4DA',
200: '#F6CBB6',
300: '#EAA585',
400: '#DA8158',
500: '#BF6136',
600: '#914F30',
700: '#673C28',
800: '#432A1E',
900: '#291B14',
},
}
$base: #F7CFBD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF5F1; $base-100: #FBE4DA; $base-200: #F6CBB6; $base-300: #EAA585; $base-400: #DA8158; $base-500: #BF6136; $base-600: #914F30; $base-700: #673C28; $base-800: #432A1E; $base-900: #291B14; $base-hover: #ED966E; $base-subtle: #FAF1ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F7CFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF5F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE4DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6CBB6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EAA585",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA8158",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BF6136",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#914F30",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#673C28",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#432A1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291B14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}