#FEFADB 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 #FEFADB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFADB 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 #FEFADB 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 #FEFADB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFADB;
--color-base-rgb: 254 250 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.0% 0.041 101.1);
--color-50: #FEFDF0;
--color-100: #FDF9D8;
--color-200: #FCF3B1;
--color-300: #F5E77A;
--color-400: #E8D54A;
--color-500: #CEBB27;
--color-600: #9C8E26;
--color-700: #6E6521;
--color-800: #47421A;
--color-900: #2B2812;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFDF0',
100: '#FDF9D8',
200: '#FCF3B1',
300: '#F5E77A',
400: '#E8D54A',
500: '#CEBB27',
600: '#9C8E26',
700: '#6E6521',
800: '#47421A',
900: '#2B2812',
},
}
$base: #FEFADB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF0; $base-100: #FDF9D8; $base-200: #FCF3B1; $base-300: #F5E77A; $base-400: #E8D54A; $base-500: #CEBB27; $base-600: #9C8E26; $base-700: #6E6521; $base-800: #47421A; $base-900: #2B2812; $base-hover: #FCED80; $base-subtle: #FEFDF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFADB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCF3B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F5E77A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E8D54A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CEBB27",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C8E26",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E6521",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47421A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2812",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}