#FFFBE2 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 #FFFBE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFFBE2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cornsilk 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.
This palette keeps Cornsilk as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cornsilk anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Cornsilk opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cornsilk 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 Cornsilk carrying the quiet middle.
How #FFFBE2 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 #FFFBE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFFBE2;
--color-base-rgb: 255 251 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.5% 0.033 99.5);
--color-50: #FEFDF0;
--color-100: #FDF8D8;
--color-200: #FCF2B1;
--color-300: #F8E777;
--color-400: #ECD646;
--color-500: #D2BB22;
--color-600: #9F8F23;
--color-700: #70651F;
--color-800: #484218;
--color-900: #2C2911;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFDF0',
100: '#FDF8D8',
200: '#FCF2B1',
300: '#F8E777',
400: '#ECD646',
500: '#D2BB22',
600: '#9F8F23',
700: '#70651F',
800: '#484218',
900: '#2C2911',
},
}
$base: #FFFBE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFDF0; $base-100: #FDF8D8; $base-200: #FCF2B1; $base-300: #F8E777; $base-400: #ECD646; $base-500: #D2BB22; $base-600: #9F8F23; $base-700: #70651F; $base-800: #484218; $base-900: #2C2911; $base-hover: #FFEE81; $base-subtle: #FEFDF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFFBE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF8D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCF2B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8E777",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ECD646",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2BB22",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F8F23",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#70651F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#484218",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C2911",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}