Color
#283a12
#283a12rgb(40, 58, 18)hsl(87, 53%, 15%)oklch(0.323 0.067 129.8)Colors that go with #283a12
Crimson, Sea Green and Steel 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.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #283a12 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #283a12's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #283a12 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #283a12 in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Trailhead, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #283a12, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #283a12, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #283a12 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #283a12 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #283a12 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #283a12
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #283a12 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #283a12 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
#283a12 reads as dark, luxury, bold. 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 #283a12 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/283a12-aebea2-4e53df-212d1f-f1f1e9?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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