Angry Flamingo

#f04e45

Hot coral-red orange, denser and punchier than Fuego

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About Angry Flamingo

This one punches harder than but stays readable. Angry Flamingo is saturated enough to feel present without the red-shift that makes read as a warning. It's got heat, real heat, but it doesn't apologize for being orange. It's the shade that works when you need something to land with force on interface and still feel intentional rather than alarmed.

You'll use this in product launches, fitness apps, and high-energy social platforms where the orange family makes sense but you need more push than delivers. Primary CTAs that actually need attention. Active states that shouldn't read as errors. Notification badges where the intent is momentum, not danger. It's got the saturation to hold its own on light backgrounds and the restraint to not collapse into red territory the way does.

Pair it with deep neutrals or cool grays and it sharpens. Put it on warm backgrounds and it starts to feel hot, which sometimes you want, sometimes you don't. Test it early on whatever you're building, because this one's confident enough that it'll show you whether your layout can handle it.

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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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3.57:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.28:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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4.96:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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5.88:1AAAAA Large

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