#1c1214 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	18.32:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.15:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #9e6772 as the text (4.64:1) AAA: use #b58c94 as the text (7.14:1) AA: or shift the background to #808080 (4.64:1) AAA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (7.09:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #1c1214 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

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Gallery

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Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.

Editorial Minimal Light

c58b4a 8a6a55 e5c48a 1e1512 f3e9dd

Coffee Bar

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Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.

Dark Warm LuxuryFood

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Atelier

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Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.

Elegant Minimal LuxuryFashion

Fonts for this mood

#1c1214 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Editorial fonts →Elegant fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c1214

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #1c1214 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1c1214-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md