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Muted orange

#C9B697

#C9B697 is a muted orange with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.5:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.

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Muted orange#C9B697
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#C9B697 shades and tints

Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C9B697 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.

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  1. 50 FFF6E6
  2. 100 F8E9D1
  3. 200 E7D7BD
  4. 300 C9B697
  5. 400 B2A083
  6. 500 978567
  7. 600 7C6B4E
  8. 700 635338
  9. 800 4B3D26
  10. 900 352915
  11. 950 201706

Tailwind CSS v4 theme

@theme {  --color-orange-50: #fff6e6;  --color-orange-100: #f8e9d1;  --color-orange-200: #e7d7bd;  --color-orange-300: #c9b697;  --color-orange-400: #b2a083;  --color-orange-500: #978567;  --color-orange-600: #7c6b4e;  --color-orange-700: #635338;  --color-orange-800: #4b3d26;  --color-orange-900: #352915;  --color-orange-950: #201706;}

Is #C9B697 readable?

Contrast for text on #C9B697 and for #C9B697 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 #C9B697

Six palettes built around #C9B697, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.

#C9B697 as a brand color

What a UI color system built from #C9B697 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.

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Brand

  1. Brand 50, #FFF6E6
  2. Brand 100, #F8E9D1
  3. Brand 200, #E7D7BD
  4. Brand 300, #C9B697
  5. Brand 400, #B2A083
  6. Brand 500, #978567
  7. Brand 600, #7C6B4E
  8. Brand 700, #635338
  9. Brand 800, #4B3D26
  10. Brand 900, #352915
  11. Brand 950, #201706

Neutral

  1. Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
  2. Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
  3. Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
  4. Neutral 300, #D7D4CF
  5. Neutral 400, #A5A099
  6. Neutral 500, #77736B
  7. Neutral 600, #58534C
  8. Neutral 700, #444039
  9. Neutral 800, #2B2721
  10. Neutral 900, #1B1712
  11. Neutral 950, #0D0A05

Success

  1. Success 50, #E7FFE2
  2. Success 100, #CAFCBF
  3. Success 200, #B4EBA9
  4. Success 300, #97D28A
  5. Success 400, #78B66A
  6. Success 500, #66A558
  7. Success 600, #417E33
  8. Success 700, #2A651C
  9. Success 800, #174D07
  10. Success 900, #0A3600
  11. Success 950, #041F00

Warning

  1. Warning 50, #FFF5E8
  2. Warning 100, #FFE7C7
  3. Warning 200, #FFD18E
  4. Warning 300, #E3A94D
  5. Warning 400, #CF973E
  6. Warning 500, #B37B10
  7. Warning 600, #926200
  8. Warning 700, #734D00
  9. Warning 800, #573900
  10. Warning 900, #3C2600
  11. Warning 950, #241500

Danger

  1. Danger 50, #FFF4F2
  2. Danger 100, #FFE4E0
  3. Danger 200, #FFCBC2
  4. Danger 300, #FFA396
  5. Danger 400, #F77767
  6. Danger 500, #D45345
  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, #2591C4
  7. Info 600, #0076A5
  8. Info 700, #005D82
  9. Info 800, #004563
  10. Info 900, #003045
  11. Info 950, #001B2A
  • Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.0:1.
  • In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.0:1.
  • 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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