#FAFCEA 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 #FAFCEA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAFCEA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ivory 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.
Ivory opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ivory leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ivory keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ivory 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 Ivory carrying the quiet middle.
How #FAFCEA 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 #FAFCEA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAFCEA;
--color-base-rgb: 250 252 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.5% 0.024 112.0);
--color-50: #FCFEF1;
--color-100: #F7FBDA;
--color-200: #EEF5B8;
--color-300: #DDE887;
--color-400: #C9D75B;
--color-500: #ADBC38;
--color-600: #859032;
--color-700: #5F6629;
--color-800: #3E421E;
--color-900: #262914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FCFEF1',
100: '#F7FBDA',
200: '#EEF5B8',
300: '#DDE887',
400: '#C9D75B',
500: '#ADBC38',
600: '#859032',
700: '#5F6629',
800: '#3E421E',
900: '#262914',
},
}
$base: #FAFCEA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFEF1; $base-100: #F7FBDA; $base-200: #EEF5B8; $base-300: #DDE887; $base-400: #C9D75B; $base-500: #ADBC38; $base-600: #859032; $base-700: #5F6629; $base-800: #3E421E; $base-900: #262914; $base-hover: #E5F094; $base-subtle: #FDFDF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAFCEA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7FBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EEF5B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DDE887",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C9D75B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#ADBC38",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#859032",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5F6629",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E421E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}