Color
#ef681a
#ef681argb(239, 104, 26)hsl(22, 87%, 52%)oklch(0.675 0.185 44.6)Colors that go with #ef681a
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ef681a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ef681a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef681a in 8 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #ef681a, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ef681a in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef681a: 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #ef681a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ef681a in 7 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ef681a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef681a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.15:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.67:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ef681a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ef681a reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #ef681a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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