Milk Tooth
#faebd7
Creamy tooth-nude that reads cooler than beige-greens
About Milk Tooth
I keep noticing how Milk Tooth reads like fresh cream that never fully warms up. It has that soft, milk-bone lightness, with a hint of green that feels calmer than Fricassée's wheat glow, and less golden than Delightful Pastry's toasted lift. Compared to Chess Ivory, the peachy edge is muted, so it doesn't turn linen-warm or look overly cozy.
For UI and layout work, it's the light, calm background I use when food photography needs clarity without chasing a higher-saturation cream. It's great for recipe platform headers, hospitality menus, and artisan product pages where type should feel crisp, not marbled. I also like it for editorial publishing screens because it stays green-understated, letting accents do the talking.
Pair it with charcoal, deep forest, or muted sage, especially if you want that gentle green bias to stay visible instead of getting swallowed by darker ambers.
Code snippets
Copy this color into your project.
Contrast checker
WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
Variations
Shades
Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.
Tints
Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.
Tones
Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.
Hues
Hue rotations around the color wheel.
Temperatures
Warm and cool shifts of this color.
Color harmonies
Suggested palettes
Palettes built around this color.
Community palettes
Published palettes that include this color.