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White or black text on #ea580c?

Tailwind orange-600

Use black text. It gives 5.9:1, which passes AA, not AAA.

White text
3.56:1
passes AA for large text only (18pt+/14pt bold)
Black text
5.9:1
passes AA, not AAA

What the thresholds mean

LevelNeedsWhite textBlack text
AA, normal text4.5:1failpass
AA, large text (18pt+/14pt bold)3:1passpass
AAA, normal text7:1failfail

If you need the other one to pass

Same hue, moved along the lightness ramp until the ratio clears AA.

The colour itself

Shade ramp

#ffdaba #ffc099 #ff9f71 #fe7640 #dd4300 #b12d00 #861600 #5e0000 #380000

Paste this into your config

// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
  brand: {
    100: "#ffdaba",
    200: "#ffc099",
    300: "#ff9f71",
    400: "#fe7640",
    500: "#dd4300",
    600: "#b12d00",
    700: "#861600",
    800: "#5e0000",
    900: "#380000",
  },
}

Text colour to pair with the 500 shade (#dd4300): black, at 4.88:1. For #ea580c itself it is black, at 5.9:1.

Your own colours, the same way

Paste any hex and get this page for it live — ratio, verdict, ramp. Export the whole palette to CSS variables, a Tailwind config or Figma tokens when you want it in the project rather than on the screen.

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