#FCF6DF 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 #FCF6DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCF6DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cornsilk 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 Cornsilk as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cornsilk 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.
Cornsilk opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cornsilk 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 Cornsilk carrying the quiet middle.
How #FCF6DF 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 #FCF6DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCF6DF;
--color-base-rgb: 252 246 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.2% 0.031 94.9);
--color-50: #FEFCF0;
--color-100: #FDF5D9;
--color-200: #F8EAB4;
--color-300: #EDD882;
--color-400: #DEC254;
--color-500: #C3A631;
--color-600: #95802D;
--color-700: #695C26;
--color-800: #443C1C;
--color-900: #2A2513;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFCF0',
100: '#FDF5D9',
200: '#F8EAB4',
300: '#EDD882',
400: '#DEC254',
500: '#C3A631',
600: '#95802D',
700: '#695C26',
800: '#443C1C',
900: '#2A2513',
},
}
$base: #FCF6DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFCF0; $base-100: #FDF5D9; $base-200: #F8EAB4; $base-300: #EDD882; $base-400: #DEC254; $base-500: #C3A631; $base-600: #95802D; $base-700: #695C26; $base-800: #443C1C; $base-900: #2A2513; $base-hover: #F4DE88; $base-subtle: #FDFCF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCF6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFCF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF5D9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8EAB4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EDD882",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DEC254",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C3A631",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#95802D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#695C26",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#443C1C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2513",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}