#FCFBEA 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 #FCFBEA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCFBEA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Floral White 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.
Floral White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Floral White leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Floral White keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Floral White 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 Floral White carrying the quiet middle.
How #FCFBEA 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 #FCFBEA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCFBEA;
--color-base-rgb: 252 251 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.4% 0.022 104.1);
--color-50: #FEFDF1;
--color-100: #FBF9DA;
--color-200: #F5F2B8;
--color-300: #E8E387;
--color-400: #D7D15B;
--color-500: #BCB638;
--color-600: #908B32;
--color-700: #666329;
--color-800: #42411E;
--color-900: #292814;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
floral-white: {
50: '#FEFDF1',
100: '#FBF9DA',
200: '#F5F2B8',
300: '#E8E387',
400: '#D7D15B',
500: '#BCB638',
600: '#908B32',
700: '#666329',
800: '#42411E',
900: '#292814',
},
}
$base: #FCFBEA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF1; $base-100: #FBF9DA; $base-200: #F5F2B8; $base-300: #E8E387; $base-400: #D7D15B; $base-500: #BCB638; $base-600: #908B32; $base-700: #666329; $base-800: #42411E; $base-900: #292814; $base-hover: #F0EB94; $base-subtle: #FDFDF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCFBEA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBF9DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5F2B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E8E387",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D7D15B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BCB638",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#908B32",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#666329",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42411E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292814",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}