#FAEBDD 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 #FAEBDD works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAEBDD 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 #FAEBDD 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 #FAEBDD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAEBDD;
--color-base-rgb: 250 235 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.8% 0.025 65.6);
--color-50: #FEF7F1;
--color-100: #FBEADB;
--color-200: #F4D5B8;
--color-300: #E7B688;
--color-400: #D6975C;
--color-500: #BC7839;
--color-600: #8F5F33;
--color-700: #65462A;
--color-800: #42301F;
--color-900: #291E15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
antique-white: {
50: '#FEF7F1',
100: '#FBEADB',
200: '#F4D5B8',
300: '#E7B688',
400: '#D6975C',
500: '#BC7839',
600: '#8F5F33',
700: '#65462A',
800: '#42301F',
900: '#291E15',
},
}
$base: #FAEBDD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F1; $base-100: #FBEADB; $base-200: #F4D5B8; $base-300: #E7B688; $base-400: #D6975C; $base-500: #BC7839; $base-600: #8F5F33; $base-700: #65462A; $base-800: #42301F; $base-900: #291E15; $base-hover: #EDBA8A; $base-subtle: #FCF9F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAEBDD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBEADB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4D5B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E7B688",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D6975C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC7839",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F5F33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#65462A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42301F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291E15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}