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Color
#fb972d
#fb972d
hex
#fb972drgb
rgb(251, 151, 45)hsl
hsl(31, 96%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.765 0.163 61.3)Closest name: darkorange (#ff8c00)Relative luminance 0.4283
Colors that go with #fb972d
Charcoal, Cornflower 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 #fb972d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #fb972d: 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 #fb972d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #fb972d, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #fb972d: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #fb972d, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fb972d in 5 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Burger King's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fb972d: 12 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Campus, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fb972d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fb972d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.2:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.57:1 | 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 #fb972d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fb972d reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fb972d
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 #fb972d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fb972d-c4b59c-62c7cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?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