Rhyolite

Rhyolite (#9E734E) is a true orange with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (28°, 34%, 46%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel. The banded brown of silica-rich volcanic rock, cousin to granite but formed from lava rather than magma. The walls of Yellowstone's Grand Canyon are rhyolite, stained yellow by hot-spring acids.

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