#FEFEF4 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #FEFEF4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFEF4 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 is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ivory.
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 #FEFEF4 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 #FEFEF4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFEF4;
--color-base-rgb: 254 254 244;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.4% 0.013 106.6);
--color-50: #FEFEF0;
--color-100: #FDFDD9;
--color-200: #F8F8B4;
--color-300: #EDED82;
--color-400: #DEDE54;
--color-500: #C3C331;
--color-600: #95952D;
--color-700: #696926;
--color-800: #44441C;
--color-900: #2A2A13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FEFEF0',
100: '#FDFDD9',
200: '#F8F8B4',
300: '#EDED82',
400: '#DEDE54',
500: '#C3C331',
600: '#95952D',
700: '#696926',
800: '#44441C',
900: '#2A2A13',
},
}
$base: #FEFEF4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF0; $base-100: #FDFDD9; $base-200: #F8F8B4; $base-300: #EDED82; $base-400: #DEDE54; $base-500: #C3C331; $base-600: #95952D; $base-700: #696926; $base-800: #44441C; $base-900: #2A2A13; $base-hover: #F6F69A; $base-subtle: #FEFEFD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFEF4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDFDD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8F8B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EDED82",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DEDE54",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C3C331",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#95952D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#696926",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44441C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}