Tailwind Orange

Tailwind CSS's orange hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a warm orange chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindwarmchromatic

Swatches

orange-50
#FFF7ED
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
orange-100
#FFEDD4
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
orange-200
#FFD6A7
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
orange-300
#FFB86A
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
orange-400
#FF8904
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
orange-500
#FF6900
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
orange-600
#F54900
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
orange-700
#CA3500
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
orange-800
#9F2D00
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
orange-900
#7E2A0C
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
orange-950
#441306
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → orange-700
accent-hover → orange-600
background → orange-50
error → orange-700
primary → orange-500
primary-hover → orange-600
success → orange-600
surface → orange-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → pure-black
text-secondary → orange-800
text-tertiary → orange-600
warning → orange-300
warning-hover → orange-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → orange-300
accent-hover → orange-200
background → orange-950
error → orange-300
primary → orange-400
primary-hover → orange-300
success → orange-400
surface → orange-900
surface-elevated → orange-800
text-primary → pure-white
text-secondary → orange-200
text-tertiary → orange-400
warning → orange-600
warning-hover → orange-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-17 (upstream version 4.3.0)