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Open in tool →Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.
Color
#76401e
#76401e
hex
#76401ergb
rgb(118, 64, 30)hsl
hsl(23, 59%, 29%)oklch
oklch(0.431 0.089 50.6)Closest name: Antique Brass (#6c461f)Relative luminance 0.0761
Colors that go with #76401e
Champagne, Copper and Crimson 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
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #76401e, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #76401e: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #76401e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #76401e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #76401e: 6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #76401e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #76401e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #76401e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #76401e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #76401e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.33:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.52:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #76401e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#76401e reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #76401e
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 #76401e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/76401e-c4b09c-62cbc0-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md