#FCFBE7 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 #FCFBE7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCFBE7 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.
Cornsilk opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cornsilk leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Cornsilk keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #FCFBE7 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 #FCFBE7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCFBE7;
--color-base-rgb: 252 251 231;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.4% 0.026 104.5);
--color-50: #FEFDF1;
--color-100: #FBFADA;
--color-200: #F6F3B6;
--color-300: #EAE585;
--color-400: #DAD358;
--color-500: #BFB836;
--color-600: #918D30;
--color-700: #676428;
--color-800: #43411E;
--color-900: #292814;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFDF1',
100: '#FBFADA',
200: '#F6F3B6',
300: '#EAE585',
400: '#DAD358',
500: '#BFB836',
600: '#918D30',
700: '#676428',
800: '#43411E',
900: '#292814',
},
}
$base: #FCFBE7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF1; $base-100: #FBFADA; $base-200: #F6F3B6; $base-300: #EAE585; $base-400: #DAD358; $base-500: #BFB836; $base-600: #918D30; $base-700: #676428; $base-800: #43411E; $base-900: #292814; $base-hover: #F2ED92; $base-subtle: #FDFDF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCFBE7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBFADA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6F3B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EAE585",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DAD358",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BFB836",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#918D30",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#676428",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43411E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292814",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}