#FEF0DF 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 #FEF0DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEF0DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Linen 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 Linen as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Linen 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.
Linen opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Linen 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 Linen carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEF0DF 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 #FEF0DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEF0DF;
--color-base-rgb: 254 240 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.2% 0.027 72.8);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FCDAB1;
--color-300: #F4BE7B;
--color-400: #E7A14B;
--color-500: #CD8328;
--color-600: #9B6726;
--color-700: #6D4B21;
--color-800: #47331A;
--color-900: #2B2012;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
linen: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FCDAB1',
300: '#F4BE7B',
400: '#E7A14B',
500: '#CD8328',
600: '#9B6726',
700: '#6D4B21',
800: '#47331A',
900: '#2B2012',
},
}
$base: #FEF0DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FCDAB1; $base-300: #F4BE7B; $base-400: #E7A14B; $base-500: #CD8328; $base-600: #9B6726; $base-700: #6D4B21; $base-800: #47331A; $base-900: #2B2012; $base-hover: #FBC684; $base-subtle: #FEFBF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEF0DF",
"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": "#F4BE7B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E7A14B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CD8328",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B6726",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4B21",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47331A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2012",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}