Saffron
Open in tool →Saffron and clove with a teal counterpoint — spice-market warmth, balanced so it doesn't go orange everywhere.
Color
#742d07
#742d07
hex
#742d07rgb
rgb(116, 45, 7)hsl
hsl(21, 89%, 24%)oklch
oklch(0.394 0.11 43.4)Closest name: Brown (#653700)Relative luminance 0.0561
Colors that go with #742d07
Crimson, Teal and Sage Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #742d07's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #742d07 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #742d07: 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Stone, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #742d07: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #742d07, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #742d07, as the text colour against it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #742d07: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #742d07 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #742d07 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #742d07
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #742d07 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.9:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.12:1 | 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 #742d07 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#742d07 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #742d07
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #742d07 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/742d07-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md