Lime Squeeze color palette
Lime Squeeze is a 5-color palette drawing on browns, oranges and neutrals. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 25% (#3A1400, very dark) to 97% (#FFF1EC, very light), and its most saturated color, #D45300, is vivid. 4 of its 4 chromatic colors sit on the warm side of the hue wheel. 3 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged food, summer, monochrome, gradient, brown and colorblind-friendly.
- Jet #3A1400
- Auburn #813300
- Rust #D45300
- Sandy Brown #FF9D77
- Seashell #FFF1EC
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet | #3A1400 | rgb(58, 20, 0) | hsl(21, 100%, 11%) | oklch(24.8% 0.068 47.2) |
| Auburn | #813300 | rgb(129, 51, 0) | hsl(24, 100%, 25%) | oklch(42.5% 0.12 45.5) |
| Rust | #D45300 | rgb(212, 83, 0) | hsl(23, 100%, 42%) | oklch(60.5% 0.178 43.3) |
| Sandy Brown | #FF9D77 | rgb(255, 157, 119) | hsl(17, 100%, 73%) | oklch(78.8% 0.128 41.8) |
| Seashell | #FFF1EC | rgb(255, 241, 236) | hsl(16, 100%, 96%) | oklch(96.8% 0.017 40.8) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Lime Squeeze, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #FFF1EC on #3A1400 | 14.88:1 | AAA | Lc -98.1 |
| #3A1400 on #FF9D77 | 8.08:1 | AAA | Lc 61.6 |
| #FFF1EC on #813300 | 7.91:1 | AAA | Lc -86.3 |
Color vision
No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Achromatopsia
Use it in code
Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/3a1400-813300-d45300-ff9d77-fff1ec.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.