Butternut Squash

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Softer butternut orange for warm, grounded highlights

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About Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash is what happens when you push deeper into actual food territory, it's got more red and brown mixed in than À l', which means it reads less like a neon signal and more like something you could actually touch. It's darker, richer, the kind of color that stops feeling like pure warmth and starts feeling like substance.

Reach for it in product detail pages, ingredient lists, and harvest-focused food apps where you need the color to feel generous instead of aggressive. It works better at larger scales than because there's enough saturation to hold its own without needing perfect contrast. Unlike Atomic 's controlled restraint or 's outright punch, this one feels earned, it's the color you use when the thing you're selling actually matters.

Pair it with cream, warm gray, or near-black type and it sits without fighting. The trick: it's warm enough to move people but grounded enough that you can use it repeatedly without fatigue setting in.

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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.

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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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On Black #000000

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