#FEEEDB 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 #FEEEDB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEEEDB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Papaya Whip 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 Papaya Whip as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Papaya Whip 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.
Papaya Whip opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Papaya Whip 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 Papaya Whip carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEEEDB 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 #FEEEDB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEEEDB;
--color-base-rgb: 254 238 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.7% 0.031 72.2);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FCDAB1;
--color-300: #F5BE7A;
--color-400: #E8A14A;
--color-500: #CE8327;
--color-600: #9C6726;
--color-700: #6E4B21;
--color-800: #47331A;
--color-900: #2B2012;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
papaya-whip: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FCDAB1',
300: '#F5BE7A',
400: '#E8A14A',
500: '#CE8327',
600: '#9C6726',
700: '#6E4B21',
800: '#47331A',
900: '#2B2012',
},
}
$base: #FEEEDB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FCDAB1; $base-300: #F5BE7A; $base-400: #E8A14A; $base-500: #CE8327; $base-600: #9C6726; $base-700: #6E4B21; $base-800: #47331A; $base-900: #2B2012; $base-hover: #FCC480; $base-subtle: #FEFAF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEEEDB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDECD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCDAB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F5BE7A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E8A14A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE8327",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C6726",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E4B21",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47331A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2012",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}