#FEFBEA 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 #FEFBEA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFBEA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Floral White 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.
Floral White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Floral White leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Floral White keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Floral White 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 Floral White carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEFBEA 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 #FEFBEA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFBEA;
--color-base-rgb: 254 251 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.6% 0.023 98.6);
--color-50: #FEFCF0;
--color-100: #FDF8D8;
--color-200: #FBF0B1;
--color-300: #F2E17D;
--color-400: #E4CE4E;
--color-500: #CBB22A;
--color-600: #9A8928;
--color-700: #6C6123;
--color-800: #46401B;
--color-900: #2B2712;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
floral-white: {
50: '#FEFCF0',
100: '#FDF8D8',
200: '#FBF0B1',
300: '#F2E17D',
400: '#E4CE4E',
500: '#CBB22A',
600: '#9A8928',
700: '#6C6123',
800: '#46401B',
900: '#2B2712',
},
}
$base: #FEFBEA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFCF0; $base-100: #FDF8D8; $base-200: #FBF0B1; $base-300: #F2E17D; $base-400: #E4CE4E; $base-500: #CBB22A; $base-600: #9A8928; $base-700: #6C6123; $base-800: #46401B; $base-900: #2B2712; $base-hover: #FAEA8E; $base-subtle: #FEFDFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFBEA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFCF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF8D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBF0B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F2E17D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E4CE4E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CBB22A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A8928",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C6123",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#46401B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2712",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}