Color
#dd6f40
#dd6f40rgb(221, 111, 64)hsl(18, 70%, 56%)oklch(0.662 0.151 42.6)Colors that go with #dd6f40
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 #dd6f40 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 #dd6f40: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #dd6f40, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #dd6f40 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 #dd6f40, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dd6f40 in 5 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #dd6f40 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #dd6f40
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd6f40 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.27:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.42:1 | 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 #dd6f40 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#dd6f40 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 #dd6f40 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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