Cider
Open in tool →Rust, honey and a moss green on cream — the orchard palette; the green keeps it from being all one temperature.
Color
#853e2e
#853e2e
hex
#853e2ergb
rgb(133, 62, 46)hsl
hsl(11, 49%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.453 0.102 34)Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.0863
Colors that go with #853e2e
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 #853e2e 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 #853e2e, as the surface under it.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #853e2e in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #853e2e: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #853e2e, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #853e2e in 19 real palettes, including Cider and Trader Joe's's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #853e2e: 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 #853e2e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #853e2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #853e2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.73:1 | 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 #853e2e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#853e2e reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #853e2e
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 #853e2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/853e2e-c4a89c-62cbab-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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