Color
#ef6f39
#ef6f39rgb(239, 111, 57)hsl(18, 85%, 58%)oklch(0.687 0.172 41.8)Colors that go with #ef6f39
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 #ef6f39 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 #ef6f39: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef6f39 in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #ef6f39, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ef6f39 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef6f39: 5 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 #ef6f39: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ef6f39 in 7 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ef6f39
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef6f39 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7:1 | 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 #ef6f39 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ef6f39 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 #ef6f39 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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