#FAF7E2 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 #FAF7E2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAF7E2 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 #FAF7E2 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 #FAF7E2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAF7E2;
--color-base-rgb: 250 247 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.3% 0.028 100.3);
--color-50: #FDFCF1;
--color-100: #FAF6DB;
--color-200: #F3ECB9;
--color-300: #E5DB8A;
--color-400: #D4C65E;
--color-500: #B9AA3C;
--color-600: #8D8335;
--color-700: #645D2B;
--color-800: #423E1F;
--color-900: #282615;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FDFCF1',
100: '#FAF6DB',
200: '#F3ECB9',
300: '#E5DB8A',
400: '#D4C65E',
500: '#B9AA3C',
600: '#8D8335',
700: '#645D2B',
800: '#423E1F',
900: '#282615',
},
}
$base: #FAF7E2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDFCF1; $base-100: #FAF6DB; $base-200: #F3ECB9; $base-300: #E5DB8A; $base-400: #D4C65E; $base-500: #B9AA3C; $base-600: #8D8335; $base-700: #645D2B; $base-800: #423E1F; $base-900: #282615; $base-hover: #ECE18F; $base-subtle: #FDFCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAF7E2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFCF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAF6DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3ECB9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E5DB8A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D4C65E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B9AA3C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8D8335",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#645D2B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#423E1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#282615",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}