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
#bb5207
#bb5207
hex
#bb5207rgb
rgb(187, 82, 7)hsl
hsl(25, 93%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.564 0.153 47)Closest name: Bloodhound (#bb5511)Relative luminance 0.1661
Colors that go with #bb5207
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 #bb5207'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 #bb5207: 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 #bb5207 — 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 #bb5207 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 #bb5207 in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #bb5207, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bb5207: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bb5207: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #bb5207
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bb5207 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.86:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.32:1 | 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 #bb5207 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#bb5207 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #bb5207
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 #bb5207 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bb5207-c4b19c-62cbc4-2d2b1f-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