#FEFDEC 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 #FEFDEC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFDEC 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 #FEFDEC 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 #FEFDEC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFDEC;
--color-base-rgb: 254 253 236;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.0% 0.022 104.1);
--color-50: #FEFEF0;
--color-100: #FDFBD8;
--color-200: #FBF7B2;
--color-300: #F2EC7E;
--color-400: #E3DC4F;
--color-500: #CAC22B;
--color-600: #999329;
--color-700: #6C6823;
--color-800: #46441B;
--color-900: #2B2A12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FEFEF0',
100: '#FDFBD8',
200: '#FBF7B2',
300: '#F2EC7E',
400: '#E3DC4F',
500: '#CAC22B',
600: '#999329',
700: '#6C6823',
800: '#46441B',
900: '#2B2A12',
},
}
$base: #FEFDEC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF0; $base-100: #FDFBD8; $base-200: #FBF7B2; $base-300: #F2EC7E; $base-400: #E3DC4F; $base-500: #CAC22B; $base-600: #999329; $base-700: #6C6823; $base-800: #46441B; $base-900: #2B2A12; $base-hover: #F9F48F; $base-subtle: #FEFEFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFDEC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDFBD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBF7B2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F2EC7E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E3DC4F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CAC22B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#999329",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C6823",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#46441B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2A12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}