Summer Citrus Palette
A cut orange, a lime wedge, and a lemon on ice — high-saturation, high-energy.
#FF6F00
orange
HSL 26° 100% 50%
2.8:1 on white
#FFD600
lemon yellow
HSL 50° 100% 50%
1.4:1 on white
#AEEA00
lime
HSL 75° 100% 46%
1.4:1 on white
#00BFA5
teal (rind/shadow)
HSL 172° 100% 38%
2.3:1 on white
#FFFFFF
background
HSL 0° 0% 100%
1.0:1 on white
Using this palette
This is the loudest palette in the set on purpose — every hue is near-maximum saturation, which is correct for a citrus theme but genuinely hard to use well: put more than two of these swatches next to each other at equal size and the page will vibrate. Best practice is one dominant color (usually #FF6F00 or #FFD600) with the rest used in small doses — an icon, an underline, a badge. #00BFA5 is the odd one out hue-wise but it's there because real citrus fruit has cool-toned rind and leaf green, and it also happens to be the only swatch dark/saturated enough to carry white text reliably.