Color
#cd8a04
#cd8a04rgb(205, 138, 4)hsl(40, 96%, 41%)oklch(0.684 0.144 74.5)Colors that go with #cd8a04
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Burlywood 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 #cd8a04: 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 #cd8a04: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cd8a04 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #cd8a04 in 6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #cd8a04 in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Forest Floor, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #cd8a04 in 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Dusk, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #cd8a04 in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Spline's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant is paired with #cd8a04 in 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Golden Hour, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cd8a04
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd8a04 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.23:1 | 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 #cd8a04 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#cd8a04 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 #cd8a04 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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