Color
#c9695e
#c9695ergb(201, 105, 94)hsl(6, 50%, 58%)oklch(0.63 0.124 27.9)Colors that go with #c9695e
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Steel 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c9695e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c9695e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #c9695e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c9695e in 7 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #c9695e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Garnet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #c9695e, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c9695e in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Bramble put Champagne beside #c9695e, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #c9695e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9695e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.71:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.67:1 | 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 #c9695e 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
#c9695e 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 #c9695e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c9695e-c4a59c-62cba3-2d271f-f1e9ec?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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