Color
#745e16
#745e16rgb(116, 94, 22)hsl(46, 68%, 27%)oklch(0.491 0.091 90.9)Colors that go with #745e16
Charcoal, Royal 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 #745e16: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
complementaryshippedRoyal Blue sits directly opposite #745e16 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 #745e16.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #745e16: 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Bakery, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #745e16: 5 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #745e16: 4 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Chipotle's brand system, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #745e16 in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Harvest, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #745e16: 7 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #745e16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #745e16 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.26:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.36:1 | 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 #745e16 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#745e16 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 #745e16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/745e16-c4bf9c-62adcb-2a2d1f-f1ece9?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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