#FFFAE8 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 #FFFAE8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFFAE8 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 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.
Floral 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 Floral White.
How #FFFAE8 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 #FFFAE8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFFAE8;
--color-base-rgb: 255 250 232;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.4% 0.024 94.1);
--color-50: #FEFBF0;
--color-100: #FDF5D8;
--color-200: #FCEBB1;
--color-300: #F8DC77;
--color-400: #ECC846;
--color-500: #D2AC22;
--color-600: #9F8423;
--color-700: #705E1F;
--color-800: #483E18;
--color-900: #2C2611;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
floral-white: {
50: '#FEFBF0',
100: '#FDF5D8',
200: '#FCEBB1',
300: '#F8DC77',
400: '#ECC846',
500: '#D2AC22',
600: '#9F8423',
700: '#705E1F',
800: '#483E18',
900: '#2C2611',
},
}
$base: #FFFAE8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFBF0; $base-100: #FDF5D8; $base-200: #FCEBB1; $base-300: #F8DC77; $base-400: #ECC846; $base-500: #D2AC22; $base-600: #9F8423; $base-700: #705E1F; $base-800: #483E18; $base-900: #2C2611; $base-hover: #FFE485; $base-subtle: #FEFDF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFFAE8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFBF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF5D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCEBB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8DC77",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ECC846",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2AC22",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F8423",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#705E1F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#483E18",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C2611",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}