Color
#bc5d34
#bc5d34rgb(188, 93, 52)hsl(18, 57%, 47%)oklch(0.586 0.134 42.7)Colors that go with #bc5d34
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc5d34: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #bc5d34'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 #bc5d34 — 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 #bc5d34 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 #bc5d34 in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #bc5d34, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #bc5d34 in 4 real palettes, including Twitch's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bc5d34: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bc5d34
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc5d34 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.42:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #bc5d34 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#bc5d34 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #bc5d34 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bc5d34-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.
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