Color
#aa6909
#aa6909rgb(170, 105, 9)hsl(36, 90%, 35%)oklch(0.579 0.125 67.3)Colors that go with #aa6909
Steel Blue, Champagne and Dark Olive 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #aa6909 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #aa6909, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #aa6909 in 6 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #aa6909: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Homestead, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #aa6909: 4 real palettes, including Riverbed and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Atelier put Slate Gray beside #aa6909, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #aa6909 in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #aa6909: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #aa6909
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa6909 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #aa6909 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#aa6909 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 #aa6909 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aa6909-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-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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