#F8F4E6 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 #F8F4E6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F8F4E6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Old Lace 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.
Old Lace opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Old Lace is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Old Lace.
Old Lace keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Old Lace 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 Old Lace carrying the quiet middle.
How #F8F4E6 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 #F8F4E6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F8F4E6;
--color-base-rgb: 248 244 230;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.6% 0.019 93.7);
--color-50: #FCFAF3;
--color-100: #F7F1DF;
--color-200: #EDE3BF;
--color-300: #DCCC93;
--color-400: #C7B36B;
--color-500: #AC9649;
--color-600: #84753E;
--color-700: #5E5431;
--color-800: #3E3823;
--color-900: #262317;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FCFAF3',
100: '#F7F1DF',
200: '#EDE3BF',
300: '#DCCC93',
400: '#C7B36B',
500: '#AC9649',
600: '#84753E',
700: '#5E5431',
800: '#3E3823',
900: '#262317',
},
}
$base: #F8F4E6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFAF3; $base-100: #F7F1DF; $base-200: #EDE3BF; $base-300: #DCCC93; $base-400: #C7B36B; $base-500: #AC9649; $base-600: #84753E; $base-700: #5E5431; $base-800: #3E3823; $base-900: #262317; $base-hover: #E3D49C; $base-subtle: #FCFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F8F4E6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFAF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7F1DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDE3BF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DCCC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C7B36B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AC9649",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#84753E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E5431",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3823",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262317",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}