#FCD4B1 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 #FCD4B1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCD4B1 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 #FCD4B1 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 #FCD4B1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCD4B1;
--color-base-rgb: 252 212 177;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.5% 0.064 63.0);
--color-50: #FEF7F0;
--color-100: #FDE9D8;
--color-200: #FCD4B1;
--color-300: #F4B47C;
--color-400: #E6944C;
--color-500: #CC7529;
--color-600: #9B5D27;
--color-700: #6D4522;
--color-800: #472F1A;
--color-900: #2B1E12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
apricot: {
50: '#FEF7F0',
100: '#FDE9D8',
200: '#FCD4B1',
300: '#F4B47C',
400: '#E6944C',
500: '#CC7529',
600: '#9B5D27',
700: '#6D4522',
800: '#472F1A',
900: '#2B1E12',
},
}
$base: #FCD4B1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF7F0; $base-100: #FDE9D8; $base-200: #FCD4B1; $base-300: #F4B47C; $base-400: #E6944C; $base-500: #CC7529; $base-600: #9B5D27; $base-700: #6D4522; $base-800: #472F1A; $base-900: #2B1E12; $base-hover: #F9A65E; $base-subtle: #FBF2EA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCD4B1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCD4B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F4B47C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E6944C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CC7529",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B5D27",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4522",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#472F1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1E12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}