#271816 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	17.09:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.23:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #a3645c as the text (4.53:1) AAA: use #bb8c86 as the text (7.21:1) AA: or shift the background to #858585 (4.63:1) AAA: or shift the background to #a6a6a6 (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #271816 as the background.

Brands using this color

BrandSweetstext · #241c14 · Δ1.649

Palettes built around it

b45309 6b5b45 0f766e f7f3ec 1f1a14

Magazine Ochre

Open in tool →

Ochre and walnut on unbleached stock, with teal as the counterpoint — a features-section palette with some heat in it.

Editorial Warm Muted

Fonts for this mood

#271816 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 #271816

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 #271816 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/271816-c4a59c-62cba4-2d271f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md