Honey Teriyaki

#ee6611

Teriyaki-glazed orange-brown for warm body text

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About Honey Teriyaki

Honey Teriyaki looks like a lacquered glaze on orange peel, the kind of color you spot on a freshly brushed takeout box. It's warm, but not fiery. Compared to , it's less restrained and more syrupy, with deeper orange saturation and a softer glow instead of that mid-ground calm. Versus Flaming Orange, it sits a touch lower in lightness and feels more caramel than flame, so it reads friendlier and slower.

I drop it into dashboards and media player controls when I want the primary state to feel appetizing, not urgent. It also works well for restaurant ordering screens, logistics status chips, and thumbnail accents where you need attention that still feels human. It's the one you reach for when you want warmth without the edge, unlike which comes in sharper and hotter.

Keep big fills to branded panels or headers; Honey Teriyaki can look heavy when it's stretched too far. Pair it with clean cool grays and off-whites to keep that glaze-like warmth from turning muddy.

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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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3.21:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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2.94:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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5.52:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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6.54:1AAAAA Large

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