Color
#512e0b
#512e0brgb(81, 46, 11)hsl(30, 76%, 18%)oklch(0.339 0.069 60.9)Colors that go with #512e0b
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #512e0b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #512e0b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #512e0b 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 #512e0b in 5 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Maple, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #512e0b, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Blush put Blush Pink beside #512e0b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #512e0b in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #512e0b, as the surface under it.
Real palettes that use #512e0b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #512e0b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.75:1 | 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 #512e0b 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
#512e0b reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #512e0b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/512e0b-c4b59c-62c9cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?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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