Color
#dddc9c
#dddc9crgb(221, 220, 156)hsl(59, 49%, 74%)oklch(0.88 0.083 107.2)Colors that go with #dddc9c
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 #dddc9c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #dddc9c 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
triadicshippedSky Blue completes a triad with #dddc9c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #dddc9c, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #dddc9c: 4 real palettes, including Diner and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #dddc9c: 7 real palettes, including Bramble and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #dddc9c: 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dddc9c in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #dddc9c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dddc9c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.79:1 | 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 #dddc9c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#dddc9c reads as warm, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #dddc9c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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