Polaroid
Open in tool →Washed coral, faded aqua and a mustard — the 1970s film look, desaturated so it feels found rather than designed.
Color
#d79479
#d79479
hex
#d79479rgb
rgb(215, 148, 121)hsl
hsl(17, 54%, 66%)oklch
oklch(0.726 0.09 42.8)Closest name: Beauty and the Beach (#c99680)Relative luminance 0.3701
Colors that go with #d79479
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber 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
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #d79479 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #d79479: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d79479 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #d79479, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #d79479: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #d79479: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #d79479 in 6 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #d79479 in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #d79479
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d79479 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.4:1 | 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 #d79479 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#d79479 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #d79479
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #d79479 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/d79479-c4ac9c-62cbb6-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md