Color
#ab6d2b
#ab6d2brgb(171, 109, 43)hsl(31, 60%, 42%)oklch(0.59 0.112 63.8)Colors that go with #ab6d2b
Royal Blue, Steel Blue and Cadet Blue 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 #ab6d2b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #ab6d2b 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 #ab6d2b: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #ab6d2b, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ab6d2b: 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 #ab6d2b in 6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ab6d2b: 5 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ab6d2b in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ab6d2b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab6d2b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.24:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.95:1 | 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 #ab6d2b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ab6d2b 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 #ab6d2b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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