#FEF7E8 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 #FEF7E8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEF7E8 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 #FEF7E8 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 #FEF7E8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEF7E8;
--color-base-rgb: 254 247 232;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.8% 0.021 85.9);
--color-50: #FEFAF0;
--color-100: #FDF1D8;
--color-200: #FCE4B1;
--color-300: #F3CD7C;
--color-400: #E5B54D;
--color-500: #CB9829;
--color-600: #9A7628;
--color-700: #6D5522;
--color-800: #47391A;
--color-900: #2B2312;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
old-lace: {
50: '#FEFAF0',
100: '#FDF1D8',
200: '#FCE4B1',
300: '#F3CD7C',
400: '#E5B54D',
500: '#CB9829',
600: '#9A7628',
700: '#6D5522',
800: '#47391A',
900: '#2B2312',
},
}
$base: #FEF7E8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFAF0; $base-100: #FDF1D8; $base-200: #FCE4B1; $base-300: #F3CD7C; $base-400: #E5B54D; $base-500: #CB9829; $base-600: #9A7628; $base-700: #6D5522; $base-800: #47391A; $base-900: #2B2312; $base-hover: #FAD689; $base-subtle: #FEFCF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEF7E8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFAF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF1D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCE4B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F3CD7C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5B54D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB9829",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A7628",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D5522",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47391A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2312",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}