Glowing Meteor

#ee4400

Saturated burnt-orange glow for sharp, fiery highlights

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About Glowing Meteor

Glowing Meteor is the orange you see when a hot highlight slips across a dark UI element and leaves a clean trail. It's brighter and more electric than , but it doesn't carry the ember weight. Compared to Baptism by , it feels less like something actively burning and more like energy hitting glass. And next to , it's warmer and deeper, with a glow that reads faster than the lighter neighbor without turning sharp or "alarm-y."

I use it for action-first moments where you want presence without the darker urgency: primary buttons and card headers in e-commerce product pages, stream player controls, and media app CTAs that need to stand out against charcoal or rich neutrals. It also works well in dashboards and finance apps when you want the button state to feel lit up, not heavy or warning-colored.

One quirk: on very pale grays it can look slightly "lit," so I'll soften the surrounding UI with warm neutrals to keep it from feeling too energized.

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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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3.84:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.53:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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4.61:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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5.46:1AAAAA Large

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