Bookshop
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
#7e3815
#7e3815
hex
#7e3815rgb
rgb(126, 56, 21)hsl
hsl(20, 71%, 29%)oklch
oklch(0.429 0.108 44.2)Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.0732
Colors that go with #7e3815
Crimson, Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #7e3815's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #7e3815 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #7e3815, as the surface under it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #7e3815: 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #7e3815 in 12 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #7e3815: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7e3815: 3 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #7e3815: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #7e3815
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7e3815 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.52:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.46:1 | 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 #7e3815 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
#7e3815 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7e3815
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 #7e3815 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7e3815-c4ae9c-62cbbb-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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