Kiln
Open in tool →Fired clay and ash on a dark umber — the earthy dark mode; warm enough that the dark surface reads as material, not void.
Color
#c98040
#c98040
hex
#c98040rgb
rgb(201, 128, 64)hsl
hsl(28, 56%, 52%)oklch
oklch(0.664 0.12 59.5)Closest name: Bronze (#cd7f32)Relative luminance 0.2823
Colors that go with #c98040
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Cornflower 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
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c98040: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c98040: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #c98040 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 #c98040 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #c98040, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c98040 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #c98040, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c98040 in 8 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c98040
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c98040 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.16:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.65:1 | 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 #c98040 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c98040 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c98040
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 #c98040 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c98040-c4b39c-62cbc9-2d2c1f-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