Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Color
#ff990a
#ff990a
hex
#ff990argb
rgb(255, 153, 10)hsl
hsl(35, 100%, 52%)oklch
oklch(0.772 0.173 64.2)Closest name: orange (#ffa500)Relative luminance 0.4406
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ff990a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.81:1 | 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 #ff990a as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Mint Modern
Open in tool →Emerald as a primary rather than a success color, anchored by deep teal text — fresh, friendly, and fintech-adjacent.
Campus
Open in tool →Institutional blue with a highlighter-amber accent — trustworthy for parents, lively enough for students.
Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Fonts for this mood
#ff990a reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ff990a
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #ff990a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ff990a-c4b89c-62c0cb-2d2d1f-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