Color
#ac490c
#ac490crgb(172, 73, 12)hsl(23, 87%, 36%)oklch(0.528 0.145 45.3)Colors that go with #ac490c
Teal, 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ac490c 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 #ac490c in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Bramble, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #ac490c in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #ac490c in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and Fireside, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #ac490c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #ac490c in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Homestead, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ac490c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ac490c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ac490c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ac490c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.66:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.71:1 | 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 #ac490c as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ac490c 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 #ac490c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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