#ae381e as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	6.21:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #9d331b as the text (7.18:1)
Aaon black	3.38:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #d14323 as the text (4.54:1) AAA: use #e4765e as the text (7.05:1) AA: or shift the background to #dedede (4.61:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ae381e as the background.

Brands using this color

BrandSweetsdanger · #b23a2b · Δ1.442

Palettes built around it

f25f29 b03a2e f2c14e 14100e f8ede3

Ember

Open in tool →

Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.

Bold Dark Warm

Fonts for this mood

#ae381e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ae381e

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #ae381e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ae381e-c4a89c-62cbab-2d281f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md