Faint Gold

#b59410

Muted gold-olive highlight with a softer, flatter glow

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About Faint Gold

Faint Gold looks like the highlight you'd notice on a sun-bleached tag after it's been sitting by a window. It's muted enough to feel earthy, but it still carries that green-family glow, not the dusty olive bite of and not the cleaner, steadier gold line of .

Compared to End of Summer, this one reads less like late-afternoon fire and more like a softened, low-sheen amber. It works hard for UI states where you need warmth without shouting: logistics and agronomy dashboards for gentle status ticks, equipment inventory tables, and admin panels that mix greens with fields on light backgrounds. I also like it for ecommerce filters and subscription badges where you want a faint golden accent to stay controlled beside greens.

Quirk: because it's a little quieter and slightly more golden than the olive-leaning options, it can look flat next to strong yellow-green accents. Pair it with deeper olives or neutral paper creams to keep it anchored.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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2.91:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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2.67:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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6.08:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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7.21:1AAA

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