#FCF1E2 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 #FCF1E2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCF1E2 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 #FCF1E2 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 #FCF1E2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCF1E2;
--color-base-rgb: 252 241 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.3% 0.023 75.9);
--color-50: #FEF8F1;
--color-100: #FCEED9;
--color-200: #F7DCB5;
--color-300: #ECC083;
--color-400: #DCA456;
--color-500: #C28633;
--color-600: #93692E;
--color-700: #684D27;
--color-800: #44341D;
--color-900: #2A2014;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FEF8F1',
100: '#FCEED9',
200: '#F7DCB5',
300: '#ECC083',
400: '#DCA456',
500: '#C28633',
600: '#93692E',
700: '#684D27',
800: '#44341D',
900: '#2A2014',
},
}
$base: #FCF1E2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF8F1; $base-100: #FCEED9; $base-200: #F7DCB5; $base-300: #ECC083; $base-400: #DCA456; $base-500: #C28633; $base-600: #93692E; $base-700: #684D27; $base-800: #44341D; $base-900: #2A2014; $base-hover: #F3C88D; $base-subtle: #FDFBF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCF1E2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCEED9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7DCB5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ECC083",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DCA456",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C28633",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#93692E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#684D27",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44341D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2014",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}