Color

#dda59c

#dda59c
hex#dda59c
rgbrgb(221, 165, 156)
hslhsl(8, 49%, 74%)
oklchoklch(0.772 0.068 29.1)
Closest name: Apricotta (#d8a48f)Relative luminance 0.4468

Colors that go with #dda59c

Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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.

Real palettes that use #dda59c

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#9cd5dd

#dd9cb4 · #ddc59c

#9cdda5 · #a59cdd

Split-complementary

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#9cddc5 · #9cb4dd

#b4dd9c · #9cd5dd · #c59cdd

Contrast

#dda59c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.11:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #bf5545 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #903e31 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.16:1)
Aaon black
9.94:1passpasspassPasses 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 #dda59c as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#dda59c reads as warm, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #dda59c
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 #dda59c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/dda59c-c4a69c-62cba6-2d271f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md