Color
#ef955d
#ef955drgb(239, 149, 93)hsl(23, 82%, 65%)oklch(0.751 0.13 51.5)Colors that go with #ef955d
Charcoal, Light Sky Blue and Deep 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 #ef955d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
split-complementshippedLight Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ef955d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #ef955d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef955d in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Beach Hut, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #ef955d, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ef955d: 7 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #ef955d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ef955d: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ef955d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef955d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.13:1 | 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 #ef955d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ef955d 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 #ef955d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef955d-c4b09c-62cbc0-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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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