#FBF7E6 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 #FBF7E6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBF7E6 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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.
How #FBF7E6 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 #FBF7E6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBF7E6;
--color-base-rgb: 251 247 230;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.5% 0.023 96.0);
--color-50: #FDFBF1;
--color-100: #FAF4DB;
--color-200: #F3E9B9;
--color-300: #E6D589;
--color-400: #D5BF5D;
--color-500: #BAA33B;
--color-600: #8E7D34;
--color-700: #645A2A;
--color-800: #423B1F;
--color-900: #282515;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FDFBF1',
100: '#FAF4DB',
200: '#F3E9B9',
300: '#E6D589',
400: '#D5BF5D',
500: '#BAA33B',
600: '#8E7D34',
700: '#645A2A',
800: '#423B1F',
900: '#282515',
},
}
$base: #FBF7E6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDFBF1; $base-100: #FAF4DB; $base-200: #F3E9B9; $base-300: #E6D589; $base-400: #D5BF5D; $base-500: #BAA33B; $base-600: #8E7D34; $base-700: #645A2A; $base-800: #423B1F; $base-900: #282515; $base-hover: #EDDD92; $base-subtle: #FDFCF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBF7E6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFBF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAF4DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3E9B9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E6D589",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D5BF5D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BAA33B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E7D34",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#645A2A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#423B1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#282515",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}