#FCF0DF 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 #FCF0DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCF0DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Linen 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 Linen as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Linen 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.
Linen opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Linen 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 Linen carrying the quiet middle.
How #FCF0DF 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 #FCF0DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCF0DF;
--color-base-rgb: 252 240 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.0% 0.026 76.8);
--color-50: #FEF9F0;
--color-100: #FDEED9;
--color-200: #F8DCB4;
--color-300: #EDC182;
--color-400: #DEA454;
--color-500: #C38731;
--color-600: #956A2D;
--color-700: #694D26;
--color-800: #44341C;
--color-900: #2A2013;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FEF9F0',
100: '#FDEED9',
200: '#F8DCB4',
300: '#EDC182',
400: '#DEA454',
500: '#C38731',
600: '#956A2D',
700: '#694D26',
800: '#44341C',
900: '#2A2013',
},
}
$base: #FCF0DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF9F0; $base-100: #FDEED9; $base-200: #F8DCB4; $base-300: #EDC182; $base-400: #DEA454; $base-500: #C38731; $base-600: #956A2D; $base-700: #694D26; $base-800: #44341C; $base-900: #2A2013; $base-hover: #F4C788; $base-subtle: #FDFAF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCF0DF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF9F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDEED9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8DCB4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EDC182",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DEA454",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C38731",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#956A2D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#694D26",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44341C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2013",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}