#FBF6E4 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 #FBF6E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBF6E4 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 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.
Old Lace is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Old Lace.
How #FBF6E4 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 #FBF6E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBF6E4;
--color-base-rgb: 251 246 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.2% 0.024 94.1);
--color-50: #FEFBF1;
--color-100: #FBF4DB;
--color-200: #F4E7B8;
--color-300: #E7D388;
--color-400: #D6BC5C;
--color-500: #BC9F39;
--color-600: #8F7B33;
--color-700: #65582A;
--color-800: #423B1F;
--color-900: #292415;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEFBF1',
100: '#FBF4DB',
200: '#F4E7B8',
300: '#E7D388',
400: '#D6BC5C',
500: '#BC9F39',
600: '#8F7B33',
700: '#65582A',
800: '#423B1F',
900: '#292415',
},
}
$base: #FBF6E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFBF1; $base-100: #FBF4DB; $base-200: #F4E7B8; $base-300: #E7D388; $base-400: #D6BC5C; $base-500: #BC9F39; $base-600: #8F7B33; $base-700: #65582A; $base-800: #423B1F; $base-900: #292415; $base-hover: #EFDA91; $base-subtle: #FDFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBF6E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFBF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBF4DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4E7B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E7D388",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D6BC5C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC9F39",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F7B33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#65582A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#423B1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292415",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}