---
title: Box
description: "`Box` is the most abstract component on which all other components are built. By default, it renders a `div` element."
links:
  - source: https://github.com/yamada-ui/yamada-ui/tree/main/packages/react/src/components/box
  - storybook: https://yamada-ui.github.io/yamada-ui?path=/story/components-box--basic
---

```tsx
<Box p="md" bg="bg.contrast" color="fg.contrast">
  This is the Box
</Box>
```

## Usage

```tsx
import { Box } from "@yamada-ui/react"
```

```tsx
import { Box } from "@/components/ui"
```

```tsx
import { Box } from "@workspaces/ui"
```

```tsx
<Box />
```

### Render a different element

By passing `as`, you can render it as a different element.

```tsx
<Box as="section" p="md" bg="bg.contrast" color="fg.contrast">
  This is the section
</Box>
```

## Props

| Prop          | Default | Type                                                                                                                      | Description                                |
| ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `as`          | -       | `As`                                                                                                                      | The HTML element to render.                |
| `asChild`     | -       | `boolean`                                                                                                                 | Merges its props onto its immediate child. |
| `css`         | -       | `CSSObject \| CSSObject[]`                                                                                                | The CSS object.                            |
| `colorScheme` | -       | `"amber" \| "black" \| "blackAlpha" \| "blue" \| "cyan" \| "danger" \| "emerald" \| "error" \| "flashy" \| "fuchsia" ...` | Set color scheme variables.                |