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
#b74401
#b74401
hex
#b74401rgb
rgb(183, 68, 1)hsl
hsl(22, 99%, 36%)oklch
oklch(0.538 0.162 42.2)Closest name: Bolognese (#bb4400)Relative luminance 0.142
Colors that go with #b74401
Denim, Sea Green and Teal 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.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #b74401: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #b74401 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #b74401 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 #b74401 in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #b74401, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #b74401.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b74401: 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 #b74401 in 6 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and BrandSweets's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #b74401
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b74401 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.47:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.84:1 | 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 #b74401 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b74401 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b74401
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 #b74401 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b74401-c4af9c-62cbbf-2d2a1f-f1e9ea?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