Orange
#AA7E4E
#AA7E4E is an orange with medium intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.2:1. On white it reaches only 3.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AA7E4E shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AA7E4E kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5EB
- 100 FFE7CE
- 200 F9D1A8
- 300 E1B68A
- 400 C69A6B
- 500 AA7E4E
- 600 8D6334
- 700 734C1E
- 800 59370A
- 900 402400
- 950 261300
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5eb; --color-orange-100: #ffe7ce; --color-orange-200: #f9d1a8; --color-orange-300: #e1b68a; --color-orange-400: #c69a6b; --color-orange-500: #aa7e4e; --color-orange-600: #8d6334; --color-orange-700: #734c1e; --color-orange-800: #59370a; --color-orange-900: #402400; --color-orange-950: #261300;}Is #AA7E4E readable?
Contrast for text on #AA7E4E and for #AA7E4E 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.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #996E3F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #AA7E4E
Six palettes built around #AA7E4E, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AA7E4E · #C9B051 · #F77B67 · #C2E6A7 · #2B2216
- Complementary#AA7E4E · #41A7E6 · #81BCFF · #FFDEC5 · #3D2F23
- Split complementary#AA7E4E · #0098BB · #7D97FF · #FFCE8B · #372D20
- Triadic#AA7E4E · #49B0A6 · #AF7FED · #FFE0C0 · #32281D
- Tetradic#AA7E4E · #57986A · #53A3F1 · #FFDBF5 · #281F14
- Monochromatic#AA7E4E · #D8A66C · #D3852F · #FFD9A8 · #2F2721
#AA7E4E as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AA7E4E looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5EB
- Brand 100, #FFE7CE
- Brand 200, #F9D1A8
- Brand 300, #E1B68A
- Brand 400, #C69A6B
- Brand 500, #AA7E4E
- Brand 600, #8D6334
- Brand 700, #734C1E
- Brand 800, #59370A
- Brand 900, #402400
- Brand 950, #261300
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D8D3CF
- Neutral 400, #A6A099
- Neutral 500, #79726B
- Neutral 600, #59534C
- Neutral 700, #453F39
- Neutral 800, #2C2722
- Neutral 900, #1C1712
- Neutral 950, #0E0905
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #5C9B4E
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EA
- Warning 100, #FFE7CC
- Warning 200, #FFD09A
- Warning 300, #EFB268
- Warning 400, #DE9C47
- Warning 500, #B8781A
- Warning 600, #975F00
- Warning 700, #774A00
- Warning 800, #5A3700
- Warning 900, #3F2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #CC4D3F
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #1989BC
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already 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.
Colors related to #AA7E4E
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