#FEFEFB 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 #FEFEFB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFEFB 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 #FEFEFB 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 #FEFEFB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFEFB;
--color-base-rgb: 254 254 251;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.6% 0.004 106.5);
--color-50: #FCFCF2;
--color-100: #F8F8DE;
--color-200: #EFEFBE;
--color-300: #DEDE91;
--color-400: #CBCB67;
--color-500: #AFAF46;
--color-600: #86863C;
--color-700: #60602F;
--color-800: #3F3F22;
--color-900: #272716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white: {
50: '#FCFCF2',
100: '#F8F8DE',
200: '#EFEFBE',
300: '#DEDE91',
400: '#CBCB67',
500: '#AFAF46',
600: '#86863C',
700: '#60602F',
800: '#3F3F22',
900: '#272716',
},
}
$base: #FEFEFB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFCF2; $base-100: #F8F8DE; $base-200: #EFEFBE; $base-300: #DEDE91; $base-400: #CBCB67; $base-500: #AFAF46; $base-600: #86863C; $base-700: #60602F; $base-800: #3F3F22; $base-900: #272716; $base-hover: #EAEAAA; $base-subtle: #FFFFFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFEFB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8F8DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFEFBE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DEDE91",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CBCB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AFAF46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#86863C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#60602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}