Pale orange
#FFE3BA
#FFE3BA is a pale orange with low intensity, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 15.2:1. On white it reaches only 1.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#FFE3BA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FFE3BA kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5E7
- 100 FFE3BA
- 200 ECD6B4
- 300 D4BB97
- 400 B89F79
- 500 9D835D
- 600 816944
- 700 68512E
- 800 503C1C
- 900 39280C
- 950 231501
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5e7; --color-orange-100: #ffe3ba; --color-orange-200: #ecd6b4; --color-orange-300: #d4bb97; --color-orange-400: #b89f79; --color-orange-500: #9d835d; --color-orange-600: #816944; --color-orange-700: #68512e; --color-orange-800: #503c1c; --color-orange-900: #39280c; --color-orange-950: #231501;}Is #FFE3BA readable?
Contrast for text on #FFE3BA and for #FFE3BA 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 · 1.2APCA Lc 14 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 15.2APCA Lc 91 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8B734D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.2APCA Lc 12 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 15.2APCA Lc 92 · Ideal for body text
Color palettes with #FFE3BA
Six palettes built around #FFE3BA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FFE3BA · #C8B054 · #E48352 · #BBE7B1 · #342E21
- Complementary#FFE3BA · #5A88DE · #56A5F8 · #F8D083 · #302819
- Split complementary#FFE3BA · #4EA6D3 · #9589F2 · #FFE5BD · #2A2115
- Triadic#FFE3BA · #00969B · #DE96FF · #F0D0A5 · #382F24
- Tetradic#FFE3BA · #46A181 · #7ABAFF · #FFD5E7 · #2E2418
- Monochromatic#FFE3BA · #DEA64B · #E2A500 · #FFE1BA · #272118
#FFE3BA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FFE3BA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5E7
- Brand 100, #FFE3BA
- Brand 200, #ECD6B4
- Brand 300, #D4BB97
- Brand 400, #B89F79
- Brand 500, #9D835D
- Brand 600, #816944
- Brand 700, #68512E
- Brand 800, #503C1C
- Brand 900, #39280C
- Brand 950, #231501
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D7D4CF
- Neutral 400, #A5A099
- Neutral 500, #78726B
- Neutral 600, #58534C
- Neutral 700, #444039
- Neutral 800, #2B2721
- Neutral 900, #1B1712
- Neutral 950, #0D0905
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, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7C8
- Warning 200, #FFD091
- Warning 300, #EEB157
- Warning 400, #D0973F
- Warning 500, #B47A12
- Warning 600, #936200
- Warning 700, #744C00
- Warning 800, #583800
- Warning 900, #3D2600
- Warning 950, #241500
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, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 100 with neutral 950 text, at 16.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 16.0:1.
- 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 #FFE3BA
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