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White or black text on #ff9900?

Amazon orange

Use black text. It gives 9.81:1, which passes AAA (and AA).

White text
2.14:1
fails AA
Black text
9.81:1
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

#ffe5ae #ffce89 #ffb05b #e88b07 #c76000 #9e4700 #783000 #531900 #310400

Paste this into your config

// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
  brand: {
    100: "#ffe5ae",
    200: "#ffce89",
    300: "#ffb05b",
    400: "#e88b07",
    500: "#c76000",
    600: "#9e4700",
    700: "#783000",
    800: "#531900",
    900: "#310400",
  },
}

Text colour to pair with the 500 shade (#c76000): black, at 5.1:1. For #ff9900 itself it is black, at 9.81:1.

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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