Coffee Bar
Open in tool →Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Color
#ecc18d
#ecc18d
hex
#ecc18drgb
rgb(236, 193, 141)hsl
hsl(33, 71%, 74%)oklch
oklch(0.837 0.084 71.6)Closest name: Baba Ganoush (#eebb88)Relative luminance 0.579
Colors that go with #ecc18d
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 #ecc18d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #ecc18d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
complementaryshippedSky Blue sits directly opposite #ecc18d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ecc18d: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #ecc18d, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #ecc18d: 6 real palettes, including Webflow's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ecc18d in 7 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ecc18d in 6 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ecc18d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ecc18d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.67:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.58:1 | 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 #ecc18d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ecc18d reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ecc18d
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 #ecc18d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ecc18d-c4b79c-62c4cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?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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