Color
#901709
#901709rgb(144, 23, 9)hsl(6, 88%, 30%)oklch(0.422 0.157 30.6)Colors that go with #901709
Teal, Champagne and Crimson 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #901709 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Bramble put Champagne beside #901709, as the text colour against it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #901709 in 6 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #901709 in 13 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #901709: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #901709: 3 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bakery, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #901709 in 3 real palettes, including Cider and Olive Grove, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #901709: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #901709
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #901709 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.08:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.31:1 | 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 #901709 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#901709 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 #901709 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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