#F7EFE2 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 #F7EFE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F7EFE2 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 #F7EFE2 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 #F7EFE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F7EFE2;
--color-base-rgb: 247 239 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.5% 0.019 80.1);
--color-50: #FCF8F3;
--color-100: #F7EDDE;
--color-200: #EDDCBF;
--color-300: #DCC093;
--color-400: #C8A46A;
--color-500: #AD8648;
--color-600: #84693D;
--color-700: #5E4D30;
--color-800: #3E3423;
--color-900: #262017;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FCF8F3',
100: '#F7EDDE',
200: '#EDDCBF',
300: '#DCC093',
400: '#C8A46A',
500: '#AD8648',
600: '#84693D',
700: '#5E4D30',
800: '#3E3423',
900: '#262017',
},
}
$base: #F7EFE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF8F3; $base-100: #F7EDDE; $base-200: #EDDCBF; $base-300: #DCC093; $base-400: #C8A46A; $base-500: #AD8648; $base-600: #84693D; $base-700: #5E4D30; $base-800: #3E3423; $base-900: #262017; $base-hover: #E3C699; $base-subtle: #FCFAF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F7EFE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF8F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7EDDE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDDCBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DCC093",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C8A46A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AD8648",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#84693D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E4D30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3423",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262017",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}