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White or black text on #ff4500?

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Use black text. It gives 6.1:1, which passes AA, not AAA.

White text
3.44:1
passes AA for large text only (18pt+/14pt bold)
Black text
6.1:1
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

#ffd3b7 #ffb796 #ff926d #ff6539 #ed1d00 #be0000 #910000 #660000 #3e0000

Paste this into your config

// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
  brand: {
    100: "#ffd3b7",
    200: "#ffb796",
    300: "#ff926d",
    400: "#ff6539",
    500: "#ed1d00",
    600: "#be0000",
    700: "#910000",
    800: "#660000",
    900: "#3e0000",
  },
}

Text colour to pair with the 500 shade (#ed1d00): black, at 4.78:1. For #ff4500 itself it is black, at 6.1:1.

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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