Color

#c87228

#c87228
hex#c87228
rgbrgb(200, 114, 40)
hslhsl(28, 67%, 47%)
oklchoklch(0.636 0.137 56.5)
Closest name: Ochre (#cc7722)Relative luminance 0.2447

Colors that go with #c87228

Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Dodger 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.

Real palettes that use #c87228

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#287dc8

#c8282d · #c8c328

#28c872 · #7228c8

Split-complementary

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#28c8c3 · #282dc8

#2dc828 · #287dc8 · #c328c8

Contrast

#c87228 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.56:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #aa6122 as the text (4.73:1)
  • AAA: use #804919 as the text (7.28:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.52:1)
Aaon black
5.89:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #d78237 as the text (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c87228 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#c87228 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c87228
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #c87228 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c87228-c4b39c-62cbc9-2d2c1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md