Maple
Open in tool →The three colours a maple goes through in October, on a warm white — loud, seasonal, and readable because the type is near-black.
Color
#ef6c15
#ef6c15
hex
#ef6c15rgb
rgb(239, 108, 21)hsl
hsl(24, 87%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.68 0.183 46.7)Closest name: Apocalyptic Orange (#f4711e)Relative luminance 0.2913
Colors that go with #ef6c15
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 #ef6c15 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 #ef6c15: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef6c15 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #ef6c15, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ef6c15 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ef6c15, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef6c15: 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 #ef6c15: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ef6c15
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef6c15 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.83:1 | 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 #ef6c15 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ef6c15 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ef6c15
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 #ef6c15 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ef6c15-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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