#FFFBE4 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 #FFFBE4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FFFBE4 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 #FFFBE4 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 #FFFBE4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FFFBE4;
--color-base-rgb: 255 251 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.5% 0.030 98.8);
--color-50: #FEFCF0;
--color-100: #FDF8D8;
--color-200: #FCF0B1;
--color-300: #F8E577;
--color-400: #ECD346;
--color-500: #D2B822;
--color-600: #9F8C23;
--color-700: #70641F;
--color-800: #484118;
--color-900: #2C2811;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cornsilk: {
50: '#FEFCF0',
100: '#FDF8D8',
200: '#FCF0B1',
300: '#F8E577',
400: '#ECD346',
500: '#D2B822',
600: '#9F8C23',
700: '#70641F',
800: '#484118',
900: '#2C2811',
},
}
$base: #FFFBE4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFCF0; $base-100: #FDF8D8; $base-200: #FCF0B1; $base-300: #F8E577; $base-400: #ECD346; $base-500: #D2B822; $base-600: #9F8C23; $base-700: #70641F; $base-800: #484118; $base-900: #2C2811; $base-hover: #FFED85; $base-subtle: #FEFDF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FFFBE4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFCF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF8D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCF0B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8E577",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ECD346",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2B822",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F8C23",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#70641F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#484118",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C2811",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}