#FBD2B0 is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FBD2B0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBD2B0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Apricot as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Apricot 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.
Apricot holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Apricot opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Apricot 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 Apricot carrying the quiet middle.
How #FBD2B0 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 #FBD2B0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBD2B0;
--color-base-rgb: 251 210 176;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.0% 0.064 61.5);
--color-50: #FEF7F0;
--color-100: #FDE9D8;
--color-200: #FBD3B2;
--color-300: #F2B27E;
--color-400: #E3924F;
--color-500: #CA722B;
--color-600: #995B29;
--color-700: #6C4423;
--color-800: #462E1B;
--color-900: #2B1D12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF7F0',
100: '#FDE9D8',
200: '#FBD3B2',
300: '#F2B27E',
400: '#E3924F',
500: '#CA722B',
600: '#995B29',
700: '#6C4423',
800: '#462E1B',
900: '#2B1D12',
},
}
$base: #FBD2B0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F0; $base-100: #FDE9D8; $base-200: #FBD3B2; $base-300: #F2B27E; $base-400: #E3924F; $base-500: #CA722B; $base-600: #995B29; $base-700: #6C4423; $base-800: #462E1B; $base-900: #2B1D12; $base-hover: #F7A460; $base-subtle: #FBF2EA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBD2B0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBD3B2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F2B27E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E3924F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CA722B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#995B29",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C4423",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#462E1B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1D12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}