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Dark muted orange

#4C3C2A

#4C3C2A is a dark muted orange with low intensity, at step 800 of its 50–950 scale. White text on it has a contrast of 10.6:1. It is readable as text on white (10.6:1).

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Dark muted orange#4C3C2A
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#4C3C2A shades and tints

Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #4C3C2A kept exactly at step 800. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.

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  1. 50 FFF5EA
  2. 100 F8E8D8
  3. 200 E7D6C4
  4. 300 CEBCA9
  5. 400 B2A08C
  6. 500 968470
  7. 600 7B6A57
  8. 700 625240
  9. 800 4C3C2A
  10. 900 35291B
  11. 950 20160C

Tailwind CSS v4 theme

@theme {  --color-orange-50: #fff5ea;  --color-orange-100: #f8e8d8;  --color-orange-200: #e7d6c4;  --color-orange-300: #cebca9;  --color-orange-400: #b2a08c;  --color-orange-500: #968470;  --color-orange-600: #7b6a57;  --color-orange-700: #625240;  --color-orange-800: #4c3c2a;  --color-orange-900: #35291b;  --color-orange-950: #20160c;}

Is #4C3C2A readable?

Contrast for text on #4C3C2A and for #4C3C2A used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.

Color palettes with #4C3C2A

Six palettes built around #4C3C2A, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.

#4C3C2A as a brand color

What a UI color system built from #4C3C2A looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.

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Brand

  1. Brand 50, #FFF5EA
  2. Brand 100, #F8E8D8
  3. Brand 200, #E7D6C4
  4. Brand 300, #CEBCA9
  5. Brand 400, #B2A08C
  6. Brand 500, #968470
  7. Brand 600, #7B6A57
  8. Brand 700, #625240
  9. Brand 800, #4C3C2A
  10. Brand 900, #35291B
  11. Brand 950, #20160C

Neutral

  1. Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
  2. Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
  3. Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
  4. Neutral 300, #D7D3CF
  5. Neutral 400, #A6A099
  6. Neutral 500, #79726B
  7. Neutral 600, #59534C
  8. Neutral 700, #453F39
  9. Neutral 800, #2C2722
  10. Neutral 900, #1C1712
  11. Neutral 950, #0D0905

Success

  1. Success 50, #E7FFE2
  2. Success 100, #CAFCBF
  3. Success 200, #B4EBA9
  4. Success 300, #97D28A
  5. Success 400, #78B66A
  6. Success 500, #549246
  7. Success 600, #417E33
  8. Success 700, #2A651C
  9. Success 800, #174D07
  10. Success 900, #0A3600
  11. Success 950, #041F00

Warning

  1. Warning 50, #FFF5EA
  2. Warning 100, #FFE7CB
  3. Warning 200, #FFD098
  4. Warning 300, #EEB268
  5. Warning 400, #DD9C46
  6. Warning 500, #B77819
  7. Warning 600, #966000
  8. Warning 700, #764A00
  9. Warning 800, #5A3700
  10. Warning 900, #3E2500
  11. Warning 950, #251400

Danger

  1. Danger 50, #FFF4F2
  2. Danger 100, #FFE4E0
  3. Danger 200, #FFCBC2
  4. Danger 300, #FFA396
  5. Danger 400, #F77767
  6. Danger 500, #D9584A
  7. Danger 600, #BF4034
  8. Danger 700, #99221A
  9. Danger 800, #7B0805
  10. Danger 900, #580000
  11. Danger 950, #360000

Info

  1. Info 50, #EEF9FF
  2. Info 100, #D6EFFF
  3. Info 200, #AFE1FF
  4. Info 300, #75CBFB
  5. Info 400, #50AEE1
  6. Info 500, #2A92C5
  7. Info 600, #007EB0
  8. Info 700, #005D82
  9. Info 800, #004563
  10. Info 900, #003045
  11. Info 950, #001B2A
  • Primary buttons use Brand 800 with white text, at 10.6:1.
  • In dark mode primary lifts to Brand 500 so it reads on the dark background, at 5.5:1.
  • Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
  • Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.

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