Named color
Captain Kirk
#9b870crgb(155, 135, 12)hsl(52, 86%, 33%)oklch(0.623 0.126 98.4)Captain Kirk on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Captain Kirk
Dodger Blue, Champagne and Charcoal 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.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of Captain Kirk: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside Captain Kirk, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Captain Kirk: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Captain Kirk in 4 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with Captain Kirk in 4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with Captain Kirk: 5 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Atelier and Riverbed put Slate Gray beside Captain Kirk, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with Captain Kirk in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Captain Kirk
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Captain Kirk as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.58:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.86:1 | 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 Captain Kirk 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
Captain Kirk 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 #9b870c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9b870c-c4c39c-4ea7df-292d1f-f1ece9?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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