Magazine Ochre
Open in tool →Ochre and walnut on unbleached stock, with teal as the counterpoint — a features-section palette with some heat in it.
Color
#b9520e
#b9520e
hex
#b9520ergb
rgb(185, 82, 14)hsl
hsl(24, 86%, 39%)oklch
oklch(0.562 0.151 46.7)Closest name: Bloodhound (#bb5511)Relative luminance 0.1638
Colors that go with #b9520e
Crimson, Royal Blue and Sea 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #b9520e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #b9520e: 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 #b9520e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #b9520e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #b9520e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b9520e in 4 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 #b9520e, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b9520e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #b9520e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b9520e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.91:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.28:1 | 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 #b9520e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b9520e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b9520e
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 #b9520e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b9520e-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-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