Harvest
Open in tool →Pumpkin, straw and burnt gold on parchment — the autumn palette that still feels like a product, not a place-mat.
Color
#b14020
#b14020
hex
#b14020rgb
rgb(177, 64, 32)hsl
hsl(13, 69%, 41%)oklch
oklch(0.525 0.154 36.1)Closest name: Rust (#b7410e)Relative luminance 0.1312
Colors that go with #b14020
Royal Blue, Sea Green and Steel 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
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #b14020 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #b14020 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #b14020: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #b14020 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b14020 in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #b14020, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #b14020, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b14020: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #b14020
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b14020 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.8:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.62:1 | 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 #b14020 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b14020 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b14020
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #b14020 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b14020-c4a99c-62cbaf-2d281f-f1e9eb?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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