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Orange

#C29B6B

#C29B6B is an orange with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.

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#C29B6B shades and tints

Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C29B6B kept exactly at step 400. 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 FFE7CB
  3. 200 F5D3AB
  4. 300 DDB88C
  5. 400 C29B6B
  6. 500 A68051
  7. 600 8A6537
  8. 700 6F4E21
  9. 800 56390E
  10. 900 3E2500
  11. 950 251400

Tailwind CSS v4 theme

@theme {  --color-orange-50: #fff5ea;  --color-orange-100: #ffe7cb;  --color-orange-200: #f5d3ab;  --color-orange-300: #ddb88c;  --color-orange-400: #c29b6b;  --color-orange-500: #a68051;  --color-orange-600: #8a6537;  --color-orange-700: #6f4e21;  --color-orange-800: #56390e;  --color-orange-900: #3e2500;  --color-orange-950: #251400;}

Is #C29B6B readable?

Contrast for text on #C29B6B and for #C29B6B 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 #C29B6B

Six palettes built around #C29B6B, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.

#C29B6B as a brand color

What a UI color system built from #C29B6B 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, #FFE7CB
  3. Brand 200, #F5D3AB
  4. Brand 300, #DDB88C
  5. Brand 400, #C29B6B
  6. Brand 500, #A68051
  7. Brand 600, #8A6537
  8. Brand 700, #6F4E21
  9. Brand 800, #56390E
  10. Brand 900, #3E2500
  11. Brand 950, #251400

Neutral

  1. Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
  2. Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
  3. Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
  4. Neutral 300, #D7D3CF
  5. Neutral 400, #A5A099
  6. Neutral 500, #78726B
  7. Neutral 600, #59534C
  8. Neutral 700, #453F39
  9. Neutral 800, #2C2721
  10. Neutral 900, #1B1712
  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, #62A154
  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, #FFE7CA
  3. Warning 200, #FFD096
  4. Warning 300, #EEB367
  5. Warning 400, #E2A24C
  6. Warning 500, #B67917
  7. Warning 600, #956000
  8. Warning 700, #764B00
  9. Warning 800, #593700
  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, #D35244
  7. Danger 600, #B93C30
  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, #74CBFC
  5. Info 400, #4EAEE1
  6. Info 500, #238FC2
  7. Info 600, #0076A5
  8. Info 700, #005D82
  9. Info 800, #004563
  10. Info 900, #003045
  11. Info 950, #001B2A
  • Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 7.7:1.
  • In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 7.7:1.
  • 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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