Pizza Flame
#cd2217
Deeper, cooler orange-red heat for action states
About Pizza Flame
Pizza Flame reads like the red-orange on a slice right at the edge of the oven, where it's hot but not smoky. Next to Lionheart it feels lighter and more playful, with less of that disciplined, wine-lean weight. Compared to Fireball, it's less flare-bright and less urgent, more like steady heat than a blast.
For me it's the one you reach for when you want a primary orange-red that stays punchy without sliding into siren territory. It works hard in food and beverage UI, especially category pills, flavor tags, and "limited batch" badges on mobile commerce. In brand systems, I use it for campaign CTA stripes on delivery sites and for hero accents on packaging mockups where you need warmth that still reads clean in motion.
One quirk: on very dark UI it can skew a little orange-leaning, so I like pairing it with charcoals or cool grays to keep the mood from getting too friendly.
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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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