Color
#d36f03
#d36f03rgb(211, 111, 3)hsl(31, 97%, 42%)oklch(0.644 0.157 56)Colors that go with #d36f03
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 #d36f03: 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 #d36f03: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Orange Red #ff4500
analogousshippedOrange Red is #d36f03's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #d36f03 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 #d36f03 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #d36f03, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #d36f03 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #d36f03, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #d36f03
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d36f03 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.47:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.04:1 | 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 #d36f03 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
#d36f03 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 #d36f03 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d36f03-c4b59c-62c7cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?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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