Color
#d96602
#d96602rgb(217, 102, 2)hsl(28, 98%, 43%)oklch(0.639 0.168 50)Colors that go with #d96602
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Dodger 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #d96602: 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 #d96602: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #d96602: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Red #ff0000
analogousshippedRed is #d96602'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 #d96602 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 #d96602 in 8 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #d96602, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #d96602 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #d96602
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Harmonies
Contrast
| #d96602 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.59:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.85:1 | 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 #d96602 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
#d96602 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 #d96602 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d96602-c4b39c-62cbc9-2d2c1f-f1e9ea?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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