Bakery
Open in tool →Crust browns and butter on a flour-white surface — soft, appetizing, and nothing artificial.
Color
#844c2e
#844c2e
hex
#844c2ergb
rgb(132, 76, 46)hsl
hsl(21, 48%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.476 0.088 47.9)Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.1027
Colors that go with #844c2e
Teal, Champagne and Goldenrod 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #844c2e 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 BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #844c2e, as the surface under it.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #844c2e in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Fireside, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #844c2e in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bookshop, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #844c2e in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Console Light, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #844c2e: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #844c2e, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #844c2e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #844c2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #844c2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.05:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #844c2e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#844c2e reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #844c2e
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 #844c2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/844c2e-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.
Machine-readable: color.md