Color
#c9953b
#c9953brgb(201, 149, 59)hsl(38, 57%, 51%)oklch(0.703 0.122 77.9)Colors that go with #c9953b
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and 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 #c9953b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #c9953b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #c9953b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c9953b in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c9953b: 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Estate, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #c9953b, as that palette's text colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #c9953b in 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Homestead, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c9953b in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Cider, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c9953b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9953b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.68:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c9953b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#c9953b 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 #c9953b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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