#FEF7DF 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 #FEF7DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEF7DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cornsilk 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 Cornsilk as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cornsilk 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.
Cornsilk opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cornsilk 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 Cornsilk carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEF7DF 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 #FEF7DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEF7DF;
--color-base-rgb: 254 247 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.5% 0.032 93.5);
--color-50: #FEFBF0;
--color-100: #FDF5D8;
--color-200: #FCEAB1;
--color-300: #F4D87B;
--color-400: #E7C24B;
--color-500: #CDA728;
--color-600: #9B8026;
--color-700: #6D5C21;
--color-800: #473D1A;
--color-900: #2B2512;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFBF0',
100: '#FDF5D8',
200: '#FCEAB1',
300: '#F4D87B',
400: '#E7C24B',
500: '#CDA728',
600: '#9B8026',
700: '#6D5C21',
800: '#473D1A',
900: '#2B2512',
},
}
$base: #FEF7DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFBF0; $base-100: #FDF5D8; $base-200: #FCEAB1; $base-300: #F4D87B; $base-400: #E7C24B; $base-500: #CDA728; $base-600: #9B8026; $base-700: #6D5C21; $base-800: #473D1A; $base-900: #2B2512; $base-hover: #FBDF84; $base-subtle: #FEFCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEF7DF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFBF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF5D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCEAB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F4D87B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E7C24B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CDA728",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B8026",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D5C21",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#473D1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2512",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}