#FAF6E7 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 #FAF6E7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAF6E7 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 #FAF6E7 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 #FAF6E7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAF6E7;
--color-base-rgb: 250 246 231;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.2% 0.020 94.5);
--color-50: #FDFAF2;
--color-100: #F9F3DC;
--color-200: #F1E5BB;
--color-300: #E2D08D;
--color-400: #D0B862;
--color-500: #B59B40;
--color-600: #8A7838;
--color-700: #62562D;
--color-800: #403921;
--color-900: #282416;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FDFAF2',
100: '#F9F3DC',
200: '#F1E5BB',
300: '#E2D08D',
400: '#D0B862',
500: '#B59B40',
600: '#8A7838',
700: '#62562D',
800: '#403921',
900: '#282416',
},
}
$base: #FAF6E7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDFAF2; $base-100: #F9F3DC; $base-200: #F1E5BB; $base-300: #E2D08D; $base-400: #D0B862; $base-500: #B59B40; $base-600: #8A7838; $base-700: #62562D; $base-800: #403921; $base-900: #282416; $base-hover: #E9D796; $base-subtle: #FDFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAF6E7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFAF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9F3DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1E5BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E2D08D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0B862",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B59B40",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8A7838",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#62562D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#403921",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#282416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}