Color

#dd774b

#dd774b
hex#dd774b
rgbrgb(221, 119, 75)
hslhsl(18, 68%, 58%)
oklchoklch(0.676 0.14 43.2)
Closest name: Terracotta (#e2725b)Relative luminance 0.2907

Colors that go with #dd774b

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#4bb1dd

#dd4b68 · #ddc04b

#4bdd77 · #774bdd

Split-complementary

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#4bddc0 · #4b68dd

#68dd4b · #4bb1dd · #c04bdd

Contrast

#dd774b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.08:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #c15425 as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #923f1c as the text (7.12:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (4.59:1)
Aaon black
6.81:1passpassfail

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #dd774b as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#dd774b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #dd774b
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #dd774b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/dd774b-c4ad9c-62cbb8-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md