Carona

#fba52e

Softer traffic-gold for balanced, midtone highlights

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About Carona

Carona sits in the middle of the yellow-orange spectrum but doesn't announce itself like does. It's softer than 's fire without retreating into 's restraint. There's movement in this color, it reads as energetic on screen without the full aggression of pure orange.

This works in product launches, e-commerce category headers, and notification systems where you need enough warmth to catch the eye but enough breathing room to live on interface for longer than a few seconds. Food delivery apps, fitness trackers, subscription dashboards. It's the amber-yellow that feels friendly instead of demanding, which means it works harder in contexts where intensity would wear people down. Unlike Beer's authoritative depth or 's tooth, Carona lands somewhere between approachable and purposeful.

Pair it with charcoal or mid-tone gray type and it reads cleaner than you'd expect for something this warm. On lighter backgrounds it won't flatten, but test it against your actual monitor anyway, it'll shift cooler on blue-tinted screens and lean more orange on warmer displays. That's the trade-off for picking something this centered.

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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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2.00:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.83:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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8.88:1AAA

On Black #000000

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10.52:1AAA

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