Color
#552d01
#552d01rgb(85, 45, 1)hsl(31, 98%, 17%)oklch(0.342 0.079 60.8)Colors that go with #552d01
Royal Blue, Steel Blue and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #552d01: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #552d01 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #552d01, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #552d01, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #552d01 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #552d01: 9 real palettes, including Bakery and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #552d01 in 6 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #552d01: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #552d01
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #552d01 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.92:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.76:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #552d01 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#552d01 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #552d01 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/552d01-c4b59c-62c7cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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