#FAE5D8 is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #FAE5D8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE5D8 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Misty Rose 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.
This palette keeps Misty Rose as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Misty Rose anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Misty Rose opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Misty Rose 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 Misty Rose carrying the quiet middle.
How #FAE5D8 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 #FAE5D8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE5D8;
--color-base-rgb: 250 229 216;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.5% 0.029 54.0);
--color-50: #FEF6F1;
--color-100: #FBE7DA;
--color-200: #F5CFB7;
--color-300: #E9AC86;
--color-400: #D98A59;
--color-500: #BE6B37;
--color-600: #915631;
--color-700: #664028;
--color-800: #432C1E;
--color-900: #291C14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF6F1',
100: '#FBE7DA',
200: '#F5CFB7',
300: '#E9AC86',
400: '#D98A59',
500: '#BE6B37',
600: '#915631',
700: '#664028',
800: '#432C1E',
900: '#291C14',
},
}
$base: #FAE5D8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF6F1; $base-100: #FBE7DA; $base-200: #F5CFB7; $base-300: #E9AC86; $base-400: #D98A59; $base-500: #BE6B37; $base-600: #915631; $base-700: #664028; $base-800: #432C1E; $base-900: #291C14; $base-hover: #EFAD84; $base-subtle: #FCF7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE5D8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE7DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5CFB7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9AC86",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D98A59",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BE6B37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#915631",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#664028",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#432C1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291C14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}