#FCFAE7 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 #FCFAE7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCFAE7 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 #FCFAE7 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 #FCFAE7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCFAE7;
--color-base-rgb: 252 250 231;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.2% 0.025 102.0);
--color-50: #FEFDF1;
--color-100: #FBF8DA;
--color-200: #F6F0B6;
--color-300: #EAE085;
--color-400: #DACD58;
--color-500: #BFB136;
--color-600: #918830;
--color-700: #676128;
--color-800: #433F1E;
--color-900: #292714;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEFDF1',
100: '#FBF8DA',
200: '#F6F0B6',
300: '#EAE085',
400: '#DACD58',
500: '#BFB136',
600: '#918830',
700: '#676128',
800: '#433F1E',
900: '#292714',
},
}
$base: #FCFAE7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF1; $base-100: #FBF8DA; $base-200: #F6F0B6; $base-300: #EAE085; $base-400: #DACD58; $base-500: #BFB136; $base-600: #918830; $base-700: #676128; $base-800: #433F1E; $base-900: #292714; $base-hover: #F2E892; $base-subtle: #FDFDF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCFAE7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBF8DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6F0B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EAE085",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DACD58",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BFB136",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#918830",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#676128",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#433F1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292714",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}