Color
#ca7b21
#ca7b21rgb(202, 123, 33)hsl(32, 72%, 46%)oklch(0.654 0.138 63.2)Colors that go with #ca7b21
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Orange Red 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 #ca7b21: 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 #ca7b21: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Orange Red #ff4500
analogousshippedOrange Red is #ca7b21's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ca7b21 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 #ca7b21 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 #ca7b21, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ca7b21 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 #ca7b21, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #ca7b21
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca7b21 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.3:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.37:1 | 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 #ca7b21 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ca7b21 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #ca7b21 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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