#FEFBE7 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 #FEFBE7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFBE7 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ivory 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.
Ivory opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ivory leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ivory keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ivory 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 Ivory carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEFBE7 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 #FEFBE7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFBE7;
--color-base-rgb: 254 251 231;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.5% 0.026 99.9);
--color-50: #FEFDF0;
--color-100: #FDF8D8;
--color-200: #FCF2B1;
--color-300: #F3E37C;
--color-400: #E5D14D;
--color-500: #CBB629;
--color-600: #9A8B28;
--color-700: #6D6322;
--color-800: #47411A;
--color-900: #2B2812;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FEFDF0',
100: '#FDF8D8',
200: '#FCF2B1',
300: '#F3E37C',
400: '#E5D14D',
500: '#CBB629',
600: '#9A8B28',
700: '#6D6322',
800: '#47411A',
900: '#2B2812',
},
}
$base: #FEFBE7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF0; $base-100: #FDF8D8; $base-200: #FCF2B1; $base-300: #F3E37C; $base-400: #E5D14D; $base-500: #CBB629; $base-600: #9A8B28; $base-700: #6D6322; $base-800: #47411A; $base-900: #2B2812; $base-hover: #FAEB89; $base-subtle: #FEFDF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFBE7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF8D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCF2B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F3E37C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5D14D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CBB629",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A8B28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D6322",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47411A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2812",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}