#FCFBE2 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 #FCFBE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCFBE2 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 #FCFBE2 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 #FCFBE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCFBE2;
--color-base-rgb: 252 251 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.2% 0.033 105.1);
--color-50: #FEFEF1;
--color-100: #FCFBD9;
--color-200: #F7F5B5;
--color-300: #ECE883;
--color-400: #DCD856;
--color-500: #C2BD33;
--color-600: #93902E;
--color-700: #686627;
--color-800: #44431D;
--color-900: #2A2914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFEF1',
100: '#FCFBD9',
200: '#F7F5B5',
300: '#ECE883',
400: '#DCD856',
500: '#C2BD33',
600: '#93902E',
700: '#686627',
800: '#44431D',
900: '#2A2914',
},
}
$base: #FCFBE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF1; $base-100: #FCFBD9; $base-200: #F7F5B5; $base-300: #ECE883; $base-400: #DCD856; $base-500: #C2BD33; $base-600: #93902E; $base-700: #686627; $base-800: #44431D; $base-900: #2A2914; $base-hover: #F3F08D; $base-subtle: #FDFDF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCFBE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCFBD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7F5B5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ECE883",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DCD856",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C2BD33",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#93902E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#686627",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44431D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}