Beer

#fcaa12

Spiced amber-gold for punchy, high-contrast accents

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About Beer

Beer is the color you pick when you need something more goldish and less orange than what's sitting around it. Where demands attention and plays it safe, this one has actual depth without the heat. It's the kind of amber that reads as deliberate on screen, dense enough to land, light enough to breathe.

Works well in beer and beverage packaging, e-commerce product pages, and financial dashboards where you need warmth that feels authoritative, not frantic. Hospitality apps, travel interfaces, loyalty programs. It's got more saturation than 's fruit-forward brightness but stays cooler in temperature than 's muscular intensity. This is the amber that feels like it knows what it is.

Pair it with charcoal or navy type and it gets richer fast. On pale backgrounds it holds its own without needing darker anchors nearby, but that's also why it can flatten if you're not careful, test it against your actual palette before committing.

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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

Aa
1.93:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.77:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

Aa
9.19:1AAA

On Black #000000

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10.90:1AAA

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