# #ff6224

A color — warm, vivid, playful, bold. Deterministic analysis from BrandSweets (no inference).

## Values

- Hex: `#ff6224`
- RGB: rgb(255, 98, 36)
- HSL: hsl(17, 100%, 57%)
- OKLCH: oklch(0.692 0.203 39.3)
- Relative luminance: 0.3012
- Nearest named color: tomato (#ff6347, Δ 2.585) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/tomato
- Moods: warm, vivid, playful, bold
- Page: https://brandsweets.com/colors/ff6224

## Tints & shades

- Tints (toward white): #ff7038, #ff7f4d, #ff8e61, #ff9c75, #ffaf8f, #ffbda3, #ffccb8, #ffdacc, #ffe9e0, #fff8f5
- Shades (toward black): #ff500a, #eb4200, #d13b00, #b83400, #9e2d00, #802400, #661d00, #4d1600, #2e0d00, #140600

## Harmonies

- Complementary: #24c1ff
- Analogous: #ff2453, #ffcf24
- Triadic: #24ff62, #6224ff
- Split-complementary: #24ffcf, #2453ff
- Tetradic: #53ff24, #24c1ff, #cf24ff

## Contrast (WCAG 2.x, as text)

- On white (#ffffff): 2.99:1 — AA fail, AA-large fail, AAA fail. Fix: AA: text → #d63d00 (4.64:1); AA: background → #2e2e2e (4.54:1); AAA: text → #a32e00 (7.12:1); AAA: background → #000000 (7.02:1)
- On black (#000000): 7.02:1 — AA pass, AA-large pass, AAA pass

## Brands using this color

- **Cloudflare** — secondary #ff5e1f (Δ 0.67) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/cloudflare
- **Grafana Labs** — secondary #ff671d (Δ 1.081) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/grafana-com
- **Substack** — accent #ff6719 (Δ 1.186) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/substack-com
- **Postman** — primary #fc6c34 (Δ 1.748) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/postman-com

## Curated palettes containing it

- **Fresh Juice** (playful, vivid, light) — #ff6b35, #ffd166, #06d6a0, #ffffff, #1f1f1f — Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color. — tool: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/new/ff6b35-ffd166-06d6a0-ffffff-1f1f1f — collection: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/playful

## Fonts for this mood

- warm: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/warm
- playful: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/playful
- bold: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/bold

## Palette tool

Open this color locked as the lead with four explored companions: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/new/ff6224-c4ac9c-62cbb6-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant
(Humans lock/regenerate in the tool; the URL is the state — read `lock=` back to see what they kept.)

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets colors endpoint for the same engine:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
- Tools: `analyze_color` (e.g. `analyze_color({ color: "#ff6224" })`), `check_contrast` (with fixes), `generate_palette` (explore around locks), `suggest_palette` (mood/industry → curated-first), `list_palettes`.