Color
#5e5f3f
#5e5f3frgb(94, 95, 63)hsl(62, 20%, 31%)oklch(0.476 0.048 109.6)Colors that go with #5e5f3f
Charcoal, Slate Blue and Champagne 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 #5e5f3f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #5e5f3f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #5e5f3f.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e5f3f: 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e5f3f in 4 real palettes, including Gemstone and Five Guys's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e5f3f: 6 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #5e5f3f in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Graphite put Orange beside #5e5f3f, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5e5f3f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e5f3f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.18:1 | 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 #5e5f3f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #5e5f3f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e5f3f-babea2-4e8fdf-272d1f-f1eee9?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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