#F7EFE6 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 #F7EFE6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F7EFE6 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 #F7EFE6 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 #F7EFE6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F7EFE6;
--color-base-rgb: 247 239 230;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.6% 0.015 70.9);
--color-50: #FCF8F3;
--color-100: #F6EBDF;
--color-200: #EBD8C1;
--color-300: #D9BA96;
--color-400: #C49C6E;
--color-500: #A87D4D;
--color-600: #816341;
--color-700: #5C4932;
--color-800: #3D3124;
--color-900: #261F18;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FCF8F3',
100: '#F6EBDF',
200: '#EBD8C1',
300: '#D9BA96',
400: '#C49C6E',
500: '#A87D4D',
600: '#816341',
700: '#5C4932',
800: '#3D3124',
900: '#261F18',
},
}
$base: #F7EFE6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF8F3; $base-100: #F6EBDF; $base-200: #EBD8C1; $base-300: #D9BA96; $base-400: #C49C6E; $base-500: #A87D4D; $base-600: #816341; $base-700: #5C4932; $base-800: #3D3124; $base-900: #261F18; $base-hover: #E1C29F; $base-subtle: #FCFBF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F7EFE6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF8F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6EBDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBD8C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D9BA96",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C49C6E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A87D4D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#816341",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C4932",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D3124",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#261F18",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}