#FAEBE4 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 #FAEBE4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAEBE4 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.
This palette keeps Linen as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Linen 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.
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 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 #FAEBE4 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 #FAEBE4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAEBE4;
--color-base-rgb: 250 235 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.0% 0.019 46.8);
--color-50: #FDF5F2;
--color-100: #F9E5DC;
--color-200: #F2CCBA;
--color-300: #E4A78B;
--color-400: #D28460;
--color-500: #B7643E;
--color-600: #8C5136;
--color-700: #633D2C;
--color-800: #412A20;
--color-900: #281B15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FDF5F2',
100: '#F9E5DC',
200: '#F2CCBA',
300: '#E4A78B',
400: '#D28460',
500: '#B7643E',
600: '#8C5136',
700: '#633D2C',
800: '#412A20',
900: '#281B15',
},
}
$base: #FAEBE4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF5F2; $base-100: #F9E5DC; $base-200: #F2CCBA; $base-300: #E4A78B; $base-400: #D28460; $base-500: #B7643E; $base-600: #8C5136; $base-700: #633D2C; $base-800: #412A20; $base-900: #281B15; $base-hover: #EBB094; $base-subtle: #FDFAF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAEBE4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF5F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9E5DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2CCBA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E4A78B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D28460",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B7643E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C5136",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#633D2C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412A20",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281B15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}