Coffee Bar
Open in tool →Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Color
#ddc283
#ddc283
hex
#ddc283rgb
rgb(221, 194, 131)hsl
hsl(42, 57%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.823 0.087 87.3)Closest name: burlywood (#deb887)Relative luminance 0.5559
Colors that go with #ddc283
Charcoal, Lilac and Sky 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ddc283: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #ddc283 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
split-complementshippedSky Blue is a split-complement of #ddc283: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #ddc283, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ddc283: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #ddc283, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ddc283: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bramble, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #ddc283: 6 real palettes, including Webflow's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ddc283
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddc283 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.12:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #ddc283 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ddc283 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ddc283
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #ddc283 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ddc283-c4bc9c-62b4cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?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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