Color

#ddb17e

#ddb17e
hex#ddb17e
rgbrgb(221, 177, 126)
hslhsl(32, 58%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.788 0.084 70.2)
Closest name: burlywood (#deb887)Relative luminance 0.4832

Colors that go with #ddb17e

Charcoal, Sky Blue and Cadet 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.

Real palettes that use #ddb17e

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#7eaadd

#dd817e · #dadd7e

#7eddb1 · #b17edd

Split-complementary

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#7edadd · #817edd

#7edd81 · #7eaadd · #dd7eda

Contrast

#ddb17e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.97:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a16a2b as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #794f20 as the text (7.11:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4a4a4a (4.5:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.19:1)
Aaon black
10.66:1passpasspassPasses 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 #ddb17e as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#ddb17e reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ddb17e
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 #ddb17e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ddb17e-c4b69c-62c5cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md