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
#b34e23
#b34e23
hex
#b34e23rgb
rgb(179, 78, 35)hsl
hsl(18, 67%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.548 0.143 41.6)Closest name: Bolognese (#bb4400)Relative luminance 0.1515
Colors that go with #b34e23
Crimson, 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #b34e23's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #b34e23 — 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 #b34e23: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #b34e23 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 #b34e23 in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #b34e23, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #b34e23.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b34e23: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #b34e23
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b34e23 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.21:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.03:1 | 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 #b34e23 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b34e23 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b34e23
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 #b34e23 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b34e23-c4ad9c-62cbb8-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md