Color
#405d0e
#405d0ergb(64, 93, 14)hsl(82, 74%, 21%)oklch(0.439 0.108 128.5)Colors that go with #405d0e
Charcoal, Sage Green and Taupe 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 #405d0e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #405d0e: 5 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #405d0e in 16 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #405d0e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
split-complementshippedMedium Violet Red is a split-complement of #405d0e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #405d0e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #405d0e, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #405d0e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #405d0e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #405d0e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.53:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.79:1 | 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 #405d0e 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
#405d0e reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #405d0e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/405d0e-b0bea2-4e5fdf-222d1f-f1f0e9?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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