Fawn

#cfaf7b

Dusty beige-green for muted, earthy balance in UI

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About Fawn

Fawn reads like the inside of a well-worn kraft envelope: light, softly browned, and a little more grounded than a clean gold. It's less yellow-forward than and more tan than , so it doesn't disappear into the background the way that paler pastry tone can. Compared with , Fawn feels a touch drier and less "sunlit paper" and more like a muted, warm neutral that's already been lived with.

I use it when the layout needs light, earthy emphasis without swinging into olive or going too close to caramel. It works in data-heavy editorial dashboards where you want muted section headers, filters, and tag pills to read distinct but not shout. It also shows up well in e-commerce product panels and logistics or media archive UIs, especially for secondary CTAs and price blocks that must stay legible over off-whites.

Pair Fawn with deeper olive rules or charcoal text, and watch the saturation in very bright rooms. Next to cool grays it can lean slightly more beige, so test before you commit.

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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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2.09:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.91:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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8.50:1AAA

On Black #000000

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10.07:1AAA

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