#FAEBDC 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 #FAEBDC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAEBDC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Antique White 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 Antique White as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Antique White 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.
Antique White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Antique White 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 Antique White carrying the quiet middle.
How #FAEBDC 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 #FAEBDC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAEBDC;
--color-base-rgb: 250 235 220;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.8% 0.026 67.5);
--color-50: #FEF7F1;
--color-100: #FBEBDA;
--color-200: #F5D6B8;
--color-300: #E8B887;
--color-400: #D7995B;
--color-500: #BC7A38;
--color-600: #906132;
--color-700: #664729;
--color-800: #42301E;
--color-900: #291F14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
antique-white: {
50: '#FEF7F1',
100: '#FBEBDA',
200: '#F5D6B8',
300: '#E8B887',
400: '#D7995B',
500: '#BC7A38',
600: '#906132',
700: '#664729',
800: '#42301E',
900: '#291F14',
},
}
$base: #FAEBDC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F1; $base-100: #FBEBDA; $base-200: #F5D6B8; $base-300: #E8B887; $base-400: #D7995B; $base-500: #BC7A38; $base-600: #906132; $base-700: #664729; $base-800: #42301E; $base-900: #291F14; $base-hover: #EEBC89; $base-subtle: #FCF9F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAEBDC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBEBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5D6B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E8B887",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D7995B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC7A38",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#906132",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#664729",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42301E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291F14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}