#FAF7E6 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 #FAF7E6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAF7E6 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 #FAF7E6 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 #FAF7E6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAF7E6;
--color-base-rgb: 250 247 230;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.4% 0.023 98.6);
--color-50: #FDFBF2;
--color-100: #F9F5DC;
--color-200: #F1E9BB;
--color-300: #E3D68C;
--color-400: #D0C062;
--color-500: #B5A43F;
--color-600: #8B7E37;
--color-700: #625A2C;
--color-800: #413C20;
--color-900: #282516;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FDFBF2',
100: '#F9F5DC',
200: '#F1E9BB',
300: '#E3D68C',
400: '#D0C062',
500: '#B5A43F',
600: '#8B7E37',
700: '#625A2C',
800: '#413C20',
900: '#282516',
},
}
$base: #FAF7E6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDFBF2; $base-100: #F9F5DC; $base-200: #F1E9BB; $base-300: #E3D68C; $base-400: #D0C062; $base-500: #B5A43F; $base-600: #8B7E37; $base-700: #625A2C; $base-800: #413C20; $base-900: #282516; $base-hover: #EADD95; $base-subtle: #FDFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAF7E6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFBF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9F5DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1E9BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E3D68C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0C062",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B5A43F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B7E37",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#625A2C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#413C20",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#282516",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}