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
#bc531a
#bc531a
hex
#bc531argb
rgb(188, 83, 26)hsl
hsl(21, 76%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.568 0.15 44.6)Closest name: Bloodhound (#bb5511)Relative luminance 0.1695
Colors that go with #bc531a
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc531a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #bc531a'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 #bc531a: 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 #bc531a — 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 #bc531a 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 #bc531a 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 #bc531a, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bc531a: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bc531a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc531a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.39:1 | 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 #bc531a as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#bc531a reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #bc531a
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 #bc531a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bc531a-c4af9c-62cbbd-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