#FEFEF8 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 #FEFEF8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFEF8 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
White leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
White is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of White.
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 White carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEFEF8 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 #FEFEF8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFEF8;
--color-base-rgb: 254 254 248;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.5% 0.008 106.5);
--color-50: #FEFEF1;
--color-100: #FBFBDA;
--color-200: #F5F5B8;
--color-300: #E8E887;
--color-400: #D7D75B;
--color-500: #BCBC38;
--color-600: #909032;
--color-700: #666629;
--color-800: #42421E;
--color-900: #292914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white: {
50: '#FEFEF1',
100: '#FBFBDA',
200: '#F5F5B8',
300: '#E8E887',
400: '#D7D75B',
500: '#BCBC38',
600: '#909032',
700: '#666629',
800: '#42421E',
900: '#292914',
},
}
$base: #FEFEF8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF1; $base-100: #FBFBDA; $base-200: #F5F5B8; $base-300: #E8E887; $base-400: #D7D75B; $base-500: #BCBC38; $base-600: #909032; $base-700: #666629; $base-800: #42421E; $base-900: #292914; $base-hover: #F1F19F; $base-subtle: #FEFEFD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFEF8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5F5B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E8E887",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D7D75B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BCBC38",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#909032",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#666629",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42421E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}