#de281b as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	4.75:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #ac1f15 as the text (7.09:1)
Aaon black	4.43:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #e3291c as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #ec7269 as the text (7.18:1) AA: or shift the background to #fafafa (4.55:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #de281b as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#de281b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #de281b

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #de281b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/de281b-c4a39c-62cb9f-2d261f-f1e9ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md