Color
#522d14
#522d14rgb(82, 45, 20)hsl(24, 61%, 20%)oklch(0.339 0.066 52.6)Colors that go with #522d14
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 #522d14: 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 #522d14: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #522d14 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 #522d14 in 5 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Maple, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #522d14, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Blush put Blush Pink beside #522d14, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #522d14 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #522d14: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and SoFi's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #522d14
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #522d14 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.04:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.74:1 | 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 #522d14 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
#522d14 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 #522d14 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/522d14-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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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