#FDFCEB 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 #FDFCEB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDFCEB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ivory 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.
Ivory opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ivory leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ivory keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ivory 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 Ivory carrying the quiet middle.
How #FDFCEB 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 #FDFCEB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDFCEB;
--color-base-rgb: 253 252 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.7% 0.022 104.1);
--color-50: #FEFEF0;
--color-100: #FCFBD9;
--color-200: #F8F4B5;
--color-300: #EDE783;
--color-400: #DDD655;
--color-500: #C3BB32;
--color-600: #948F2E;
--color-700: #696526;
--color-800: #44421D;
--color-900: #2A2914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FEFEF0',
100: '#FCFBD9',
200: '#F8F4B5',
300: '#EDE783',
400: '#DDD655',
500: '#C3BB32',
600: '#948F2E',
700: '#696526',
800: '#44421D',
900: '#2A2914',
},
}
$base: #FDFCEB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF0; $base-100: #FCFBD9; $base-200: #F8F4B5; $base-300: #EDE783; $base-400: #DDD655; $base-500: #C3BB32; $base-600: #948F2E; $base-700: #696526; $base-800: #44421D; $base-900: #2A2914; $base-hover: #F4F093; $base-subtle: #FEFEFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDFCEB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCFBD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8F4B5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EDE783",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DDD655",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C3BB32",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#948F2E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#696526",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44421D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}