Color
#808609
#808609rgb(128, 134, 9)hsl(63, 87%, 28%)oklch(0.595 0.13 112.9)Colors that go with #808609
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Copper 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 #808609: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #808609: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
analogousshippedCopper is #808609's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #808609 in 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #808609 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Atelier, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #808609 in 12 real palettes, including Mushroom and Wellness, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
complementaryMedium Slate Blue sits directly opposite #808609 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #808609 in 3 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #808609
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808609 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.94:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.33:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #808609 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#808609 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #808609 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/808609-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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