#FEF3DF 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 #FEF3DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEF3DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Old Lace 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 Old Lace as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Old Lace 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.
Old Lace opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Old Lace 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 Old Lace carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEF3DF 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 #FEF3DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEF3DF;
--color-base-rgb: 254 243 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.7% 0.029 82.6);
--color-50: #FEF9F0;
--color-100: #FDF0D8;
--color-200: #FCE1B1;
--color-300: #F4CA7B;
--color-400: #E7B04B;
--color-500: #CD9328;
--color-600: #9B7226;
--color-700: #6D5321;
--color-800: #47371A;
--color-900: #2B2212;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEF9F0',
100: '#FDF0D8',
200: '#FCE1B1',
300: '#F4CA7B',
400: '#E7B04B',
500: '#CD9328',
600: '#9B7226',
700: '#6D5321',
800: '#47371A',
900: '#2B2212',
},
}
$base: #FEF3DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF9F0; $base-100: #FDF0D8; $base-200: #FCE1B1; $base-300: #F4CA7B; $base-400: #E7B04B; $base-500: #CD9328; $base-600: #9B7226; $base-700: #6D5321; $base-800: #47371A; $base-900: #2B2212; $base-hover: #FBD284; $base-subtle: #FEFBF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEF3DF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF9F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF0D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCE1B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F4CA7B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E7B04B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CD9328",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B7226",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D5321",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47371A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2212",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}