Light muted orange
#DEBEAD
#DEBEAD is a light muted orange with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.8:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DEBEAD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DEBEAD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4EF
- 100 FEE5D8
- 200 EED3C5
- 300 DEBEAD
- 400 BA9C8C
- 500 9E8071
- 600 826657
- 700 694F41
- 800 513A2D
- 900 39261C
- 950 23140C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff4ef; --color-orange-100: #fee5d8; --color-orange-200: #eed3c5; --color-orange-300: #debead; --color-orange-400: #ba9c8c; --color-orange-500: #9e8071; --color-orange-600: #826657; --color-orange-700: #694f41; --color-orange-800: #513a2d; --color-orange-900: #39261c; --color-orange-950: #23140c;}Is #DEBEAD readable?
Contrast for text on #DEBEAD and for #DEBEAD 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
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8D7061 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DEBEAD
Six palettes built around #DEBEAD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DEBEAD · #DAA758 · #FF998D · #E8D690 · #352D29
- Complementary#DEBEAD · #499DBD · #00ABD8 · #FFD6BA · #2A231F
- Split complementary#DEBEAD · #3AA8AE · #74B3FF · #FFD2BF · #2C2521
- Triadic#DEBEAD · #4FA986 · #978CFF · #FFDED2 · #28201D
- Tetradic#DEBEAD · #619A5A · #00B7E3 · #F0D7FF · #36261D
- Monochromatic#DEBEAD · #C56D2B · #FF9754 · #FFCFBA · #342821
#DEBEAD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DEBEAD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4EF
- Brand 100, #FEE5D8
- Brand 200, #EED3C5
- Brand 300, #DEBEAD
- Brand 400, #BA9C8C
- Brand 500, #9E8071
- Brand 600, #826657
- Brand 700, #694F41
- Brand 800, #513A2D
- Brand 900, #39261C
- Brand 950, #23140C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F6F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E2
- Neutral 300, #D8D3D0
- Neutral 400, #A79F9B
- Neutral 500, #7A716C
- Neutral 600, #5B524E
- Neutral 700, #463E3A
- Neutral 800, #2D2623
- Neutral 900, #1D1613
- Neutral 950, #0E0906
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EDA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.4:1.
- 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 #DEBEAD
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.