Color
#856a42
#856a42rgb(133, 106, 66)hsl(36, 34%, 39%)oklch(0.541 0.066 76.5)Colors that go with #856a42
Charcoal, Champagne and Denim 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 #856a42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #856a42, as that palette's text colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #856a42: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #856a42, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #856a42 in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Magazine Ochre, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #856a42: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #856a42 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #856a42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #856a42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856a42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.14:1 | 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 #856a42 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#856a42 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #856a42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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