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White or black text on #f97316?

Tailwind orange-500

Use black text. It gives 7.49:1, which passes AAA (and AA).

White text
2.8:1
fails AA
Black text
7.49:1
passes AAA (and AA)

What the thresholds mean

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

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

#ffddb6 #ffc494 #ffa46a #f97d33 #d74d00 #ac3600 #832000 #5b0800 #360000

Paste this into your config

// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
  brand: {
    100: "#ffddb6",
    200: "#ffc494",
    300: "#ffa46a",
    400: "#f97d33",
    500: "#d74d00",
    600: "#ac3600",
    700: "#832000",
    800: "#5b0800",
    900: "#360000",
  },
}

Text colour to pair with the 500 shade (#d74d00): black, at 4.95:1. For #f97316 itself it is black, at 7.49:1.

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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