Color
#74542a
#74542argb(116, 84, 42)hsl(34, 47%, 31%)oklch(0.471 0.072 72)Colors that go with #74542a
Champagne, Copper and Firebrick 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #74542a, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #74542a: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #74542a: 4 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Newsprint, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #74542a in 4 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Console Light, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #74542a in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Aesop's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #74542a: 9 real palettes, including Homestead and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #74542a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #74542a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #74542a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74542a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.9:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.04:1 | 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 #74542a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#74542a reads as warm. 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 #74542a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74542a-c4b79c-62c2cb-2d2d1f-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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