#FBF4E2 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 #FBF4E2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBF4E2 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.
This palette keeps Old Lace as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Old Lace anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
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 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 #FBF4E2 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 #FBF4E2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBF4E2;
--color-base-rgb: 251 244 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.8% 0.025 89.2);
--color-50: #FEFAF1;
--color-100: #FBF2DA;
--color-200: #F5E4B7;
--color-300: #E9CD87;
--color-400: #D8B45A;
--color-500: #BD9737;
--color-600: #907532;
--color-700: #665529;
--color-800: #43381E;
--color-900: #292314;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEFAF1',
100: '#FBF2DA',
200: '#F5E4B7',
300: '#E9CD87',
400: '#D8B45A',
500: '#BD9737',
600: '#907532',
700: '#665529',
800: '#43381E',
900: '#292314',
},
}
$base: #FBF4E2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFAF1; $base-100: #FBF2DA; $base-200: #F5E4B7; $base-300: #E9CD87; $base-400: #D8B45A; $base-500: #BD9737; $base-600: #907532; $base-700: #665529; $base-800: #43381E; $base-900: #292314; $base-hover: #F0D590; $base-subtle: #FDFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBF4E2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFAF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBF2DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5E4B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9CD87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D8B45A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD9737",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#907532",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#665529",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43381E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292314",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}