#FEF6E7 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #FEF6E7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEF6E7 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.
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 vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Old Lace.
Old Lace keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #FEF6E7 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 #FEF6E7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEF6E7;
--color-base-rgb: 254 246 231;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.5% 0.022 83.3);
--color-50: #FEF9F0;
--color-100: #FDF0D8;
--color-200: #FCE1B1;
--color-300: #F3C97C;
--color-400: #E5B04D;
--color-500: #CB9329;
--color-600: #9A7228;
--color-700: #6D5322;
--color-800: #47371A;
--color-900: #2B2212;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEF9F0',
100: '#FDF0D8',
200: '#FCE1B1',
300: '#F3C97C',
400: '#E5B04D',
500: '#CB9329',
600: '#9A7228',
700: '#6D5322',
800: '#47371A',
900: '#2B2212',
},
}
$base: #FEF6E7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF9F0; $base-100: #FDF0D8; $base-200: #FCE1B1; $base-300: #F3C97C; $base-400: #E5B04D; $base-500: #CB9329; $base-600: #9A7228; $base-700: #6D5322; $base-800: #47371A; $base-900: #2B2212; $base-hover: #FAD389; $base-subtle: #FEFCF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEF6E7",
"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": "#F3C97C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5B04D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB9329",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A7228",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D5322",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47371A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2212",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}