Color
#aa6d18
#aa6d18rgb(170, 109, 24)hsl(35, 75%, 38%)oklch(0.587 0.12 68.6)Colors that go with #aa6d18
Steel Blue, Cadet 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #aa6d18 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #aa6d18: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #aa6d18, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #aa6d18: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #aa6d18 in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aa6d18: 5 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aa6d18 in 4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #aa6d18 in 4 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #aa6d18
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa6d18 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.91:1 | 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 #aa6d18 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#aa6d18 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 #aa6d18 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aa6d18-c4b89c-62c0cb-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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