#FBF6E0 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 #FBF6E0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBF6E0 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 #FBF6E0 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 #FBF6E0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBF6E0;
--color-base-rgb: 251 246 224;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.1% 0.029 96.4);
--color-50: #FEFBF1;
--color-100: #FBF5DA;
--color-200: #F5EAB7;
--color-300: #E9D786;
--color-400: #D9C159;
--color-500: #BEA537;
--color-600: #917F31;
--color-700: #665B28;
--color-800: #433C1E;
--color-900: #292514;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEFBF1',
100: '#FBF5DA',
200: '#F5EAB7',
300: '#E9D786',
400: '#D9C159',
500: '#BEA537',
600: '#917F31',
700: '#665B28',
800: '#433C1E',
900: '#292514',
},
}
$base: #FBF6E0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFBF1; $base-100: #FBF5DA; $base-200: #F5EAB7; $base-300: #E9D786; $base-400: #D9C159; $base-500: #BEA537; $base-600: #917F31; $base-700: #665B28; $base-800: #433C1E; $base-900: #292514; $base-hover: #F0DE8B; $base-subtle: #FDFCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBF6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFBF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBF5DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5EAB7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9D786",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D9C159",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BEA537",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#917F31",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#665B28",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#433C1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292514",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}