Light orange
#FDBD74
#FDBD74 is a light orange with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#FDBD74 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FDBD74 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5EB
- 100 FFE7CD
- 200 FFCF9B
- 300 FDBD74
- 400 D1954F
- 500 B5792D
- 600 985F04
- 700 784900
- 800 5B3600
- 900 3F2400
- 950 261400
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5eb; --color-orange-100: #ffe7cd; --color-orange-200: #ffcf9b; --color-orange-300: #fdbd74; --color-orange-400: #d1954f; --color-orange-500: #b5792d; --color-orange-600: #985f04; --color-orange-700: #784900; --color-orange-800: #5b3600; --color-orange-900: #3f2400; --color-orange-950: #261400;}Is #FDBD74 readable?
Contrast for text on #FDBD74 and for #FDBD74 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 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #A46A19 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #FDBD74
Six palettes built around #FDBD74, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FDBD74 · #CAAF54 · #FD7839 · #D2E9BD · #362C22
- Complementary#FDBD74 · #4BA0EE · #5DB0FF · #FFD69D · #241F16
- Split complementary#FDBD74 · #309CB0 · #A0B2FF · #FFE1BF · #322B24
- Triadic#FDBD74 · #009A93 · #C08EE7 · #FFCC9D · #312B23
- Tetradic#FDBD74 · #2D9A68 · #76B0FF · #FFBEE6 · #3B3125
- Monochromatic#FDBD74 · #E9A03B · #EF9D00 · #FFE4C5 · #29231C
#FDBD74 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FDBD74 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5EB
- Brand 100, #FFE7CD
- Brand 200, #FFCF9B
- Brand 300, #FDBD74
- Brand 400, #D1954F
- Brand 500, #B5792D
- Brand 600, #985F04
- Brand 700, #784900
- Brand 800, #5B3600
- Brand 900, #3F2400
- Brand 950, #261400
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D7D3CF
- Neutral 400, #A6A099
- Neutral 500, #79726B
- Neutral 600, #59534C
- Neutral 700, #453F39
- Neutral 800, #2C2722
- Neutral 900, #1C1712
- Neutral 950, #0D0905
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #C9FCBD
- Success 200, #B3EBA7
- Success 300, #95D288
- Success 400, #76B668
- Success 500, #64A655
- Success 600, #3F7F30
- Success 700, #286518
- Success 800, #144D03
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EA
- Warning 100, #FFE7CC
- Warning 200, #FFD099
- Warning 300, #EEA950
- Warning 400, #D5943D
- Warning 500, #B9770D
- 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, #F97464
- Danger 500, #D65143
- Danger 600, #BB382D
- Danger 700, #9B1E16
- Danger 800, #7D0101
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #70CBFE
- Info 400, #49AEE3
- Info 500, #1C91C6
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 12.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 12.0:1.
- 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.
Colors related to #FDBD74
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