#FDFFEB 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 #FDFFEB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDFFEB 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 #FDFFEB 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 #FDFFEB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDFFEB;
--color-base-rgb: 253 255 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.3% 0.026 111.5);
--color-50: #FDFEF0;
--color-100: #FAFDD8;
--color-200: #F4FCB1;
--color-300: #EBF877;
--color-400: #DBEC46;
--color-500: #C1D222;
--color-600: #939F23;
--color-700: #68701F;
--color-800: #444818;
--color-900: #292C11;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FDFEF0',
100: '#FAFDD8',
200: '#F4FCB1',
300: '#EBF877',
400: '#DBEC46',
500: '#C1D222',
600: '#939F23',
700: '#68701F',
800: '#444818',
900: '#292C11',
},
}
$base: #FDFFEB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDFEF0; $base-100: #FAFDD8; $base-200: #F4FCB1; $base-300: #EBF877; $base-400: #DBEC46; $base-500: #C1D222; $base-600: #939F23; $base-700: #68701F; $base-800: #444818; $base-900: #292C11; $base-hover: #F3FF89; $base-subtle: #FEFEFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDFFEB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAFDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4FCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EBF877",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DBEC46",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C1D222",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#939F23",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#68701F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#444818",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292C11",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}