Color
#823f12
#823f12rgb(130, 63, 18)hsl(24, 76%, 29%)oklch(0.447 0.107 49.6)Colors that go with #823f12
Steel Blue, Champagne and Sage Green 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 #823f12 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 #823f12, as the surface under it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #823f12: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #823f12, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #823f12 in 15 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #823f12: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #823f12: 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 #823f12: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #823f12
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #823f12 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 #823f12 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#823f12 reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #823f12 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/823f12-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-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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