Toast and Butter

#d2ad84

Toasted butter beige with clearer, warmer gold edge

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About Toast and Butter

Toast and looks like the highlight on warm bread, but it stays airy instead of going deep caramel. Compared to , it's a touch more golden and noticeably more saturated, so it reads cheerful rather than controlled. It also has a softer sweetness than 's drier, brown-leaning tone, and it doesn't carry 's tan weight.

I use Toast and when the UI needs warmth that feels friendly at a glance: think form panels and section accents in e-commerce checkout, hospitality reservation cards, and product detail pages where you want to guide attention without competing with photos. It's the one you reach for when you want that toastiness to feel light and close to the surface, not grounded or muted.

Quirk: on very creamy whites it can shift slightly more yellow, so pair it with off-whites that have a hint of gray (or a cooler border) to keep the warmth crisp.

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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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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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8.48:1AAA

On Black #000000

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