Coffee Bar
Open in tool →Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Color
#ddc997
#ddc997
hex
#ddc997rgb
rgb(221, 201, 151)hsl
hsl(43, 51%, 73%)oklch
oklch(0.84 0.069 88.8)Closest name: Ancestral Gold (#ddcda6)Relative luminance 0.5938
Colors that go with #ddc997
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 #ddc997: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #ddc997 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 #ddc997: 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 Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #ddc997, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ddc997: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Estate, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #ddc997: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ddc997 in 10 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ddc997 in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Undergrowth, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ddc997
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddc997 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.88:1 | 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 #ddc997 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ddc997 reads as warm, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ddc997
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 #ddc997 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ddc997-c4bd9c-62b2cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md