Color
#497709
#497709rgb(73, 119, 9)hsl(85, 86%, 25%)oklch(0.516 0.139 131.6)Colors that go with #497709
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #497709: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #497709 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #497709 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #497709, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #497709: 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #497709 in 12 real palettes, including Acer's brand system and Instacart's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #497709 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 #497709: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #497709
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #497709 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.35:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.93:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #497709 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#497709 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 #497709 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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