Color
#523a2e
#523a2ergb(82, 58, 46)hsl(20, 28%, 25%)oklch(0.372 0.04 47.6)Colors that go with #523a2e
Teal, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #523a2e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #523a2e, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #523a2e, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #523a2e in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Velvet, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #523a2e, as the text colour against it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #523a2e: 9 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Bramble.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #523a2e in 6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #523a2e wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #523a2e reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #523a2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #523a2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.48:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2:1 | 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 #523a2e 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
#523a2e reads as warm, muted, 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 #523a2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/523a2e-c4ae9c-62cbbb-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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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