Color
#ce9f40
#ce9f40rgb(206, 159, 64)hsl(40, 59%, 53%)oklch(0.729 0.124 82)Colors that go with #ce9f40
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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 #ce9f40: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ce9f40 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ce9f40: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #ce9f40, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ce9f40: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #ce9f40, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ce9f40: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ce9f40 in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ce9f40
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ce9f40 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.66:1 | 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 #ce9f40 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ce9f40 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 #ce9f40 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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