Color
#a55409
#a55409rgb(165, 84, 9)hsl(29, 90%, 34%)oklch(0.535 0.13 54.2)Colors that go with #a55409
Royal Blue, Steel Blue and Champagne 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 #a55409: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #a55409 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #a55409 in 5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Woodsmoke — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #a55409's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #a55409 in 6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a55409 in 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a55409 in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and Fireside, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a55409: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a55409
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a55409 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.42:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.87:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a55409 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a55409 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #a55409 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a55409-c4b49c-62cbcb-2d2c1f-f1e9e9?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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