Color
#74743e
#74743ergb(116, 116, 62)hsl(60, 30%, 35%)oklch(0.546 0.075 108.7)Colors that go with #74743e
Charcoal, Denim and Slate Blue 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 #74743e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #74743e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #74743e 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 Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #74743e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #74743e: 6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #74743e in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #74743e in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #74743e, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #74743e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74743e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.31:1 | 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 #74743e 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 #74743e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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