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
#80401e
#80401e
hex
#80401ergb
rgb(128, 64, 30)hsl
hsl(21, 62%, 31%)oklch
oklch(0.446 0.1 46.5)Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.0835
Colors that go with #80401e
Steel Blue, Champagne and Royal 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #80401e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #80401e, as the surface under it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #80401e: 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 #80401e: 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Sepia Mono put Slate Gray beside #80401e, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #80401e in 16 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #80401e: 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 #80401e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #80401e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #80401e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.67:1 | 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 #80401e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#80401e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #80401e
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 #80401e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/80401e-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-f1e9ea?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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