Color
#85491e
#85491ergb(133, 73, 30)hsl(25, 63%, 32%)oklch(0.47 0.099 53)Colors that go with #85491e
Royal Blue, Steel Blue and Champagne 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #85491e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #85491e 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 #85491e, as the surface under it.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #85491e in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Fireside, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #85491e in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bookshop, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #85491e: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #85491e, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85491e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #85491e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85491e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.07:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.97:1 | 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 #85491e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#85491e reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #85491e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85491e-c4b19c-62cbc4-2d2b1f-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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