Magazine Ochre
Open in tool →Ochre and walnut on unbleached stock, with teal as the counterpoint — a features-section palette with some heat in it.
Color
#6a574d
#6a574d
hex
#6a574drgb
rgb(106, 87, 77)hsl
hsl(21, 16%, 36%)oklch
oklch(0.473 0.03 49.3)Closest name: Afternoon Coffee (#6e544b)Relative luminance 0.1042
Colors that go with #6a574d
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 text near-black that reads cleanly against #6a574d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #6a574d.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6a574d: 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #6a574d in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Harvest, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Bakery and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #6a574d, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #6a574d in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #6a574d in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Gallery, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #6a574d: 9 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6a574d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a574d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.81:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.08:1 | 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 #6a574d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#6a574d reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #6a574d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #6a574d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/6a574d-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-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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