#262012 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	16.18:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.3:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #877240 as the text (4.51:1) AAA: use #ad9252 as the text (7.01:1) AA: or shift the background to #878787 (4.5:1) AAA: or shift the background to #ababab (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #262012 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

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Bookshop

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Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.

Editorial Warm Elegant

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Farmers Market

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Tomato, leaf and honey — the three colors of a produce stand, warm enough to make anything look fresh.

Warm Friendly VividFood

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Retro Pop

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Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.

Playful Bold Warm

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Saffron

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Saffron and clove with a teal counterpoint — spice-market warmth, balanced so it doesn't go orange everywhere.

Warm Vivid Elegant

Fonts for this mood

#262012 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #262012

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 #262012 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/262012-c4bc9c-62b4cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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