Ochre hex code
Ochre
#cc7722rgb(204, 119, 34)hsl(30, 71%, 47%)oklch(0.65 0.14 59.6)Ochre is a mid-tone, moderately saturated orange — #cc7722, rgb(204, 119, 34), hue 30° at 71% saturation. The colours that go with ochre are Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Orange Red — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (3.37:1) but passes on black at 6.23:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it. 2 public brands use it in a role token.
Colors that go with Ochre
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Orange Red 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
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of Ochre: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Ochre: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Orange Red #ff4500
analogousshippedOrange Red is Ochre's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite Ochre 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 Ochre in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside Ochre, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Ochre in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside Ochre, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use Ochre
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Ochre as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.23:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Ochre as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Ochre 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 #cc7722 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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