Color
#86950e
#86950ergb(134, 149, 14)hsl(67, 83%, 32%)oklch(0.636 0.143 116.8)Colors that go with #86950e
Charcoal, Medium Purple and Dark Olive 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #86950e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #86950e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #86950e in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #86950e: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #86950e in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Greige and Atelier put Slate Gray beside #86950e, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #86950e in 14 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Cider, as the surface under it.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #86950e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #86950e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86950e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.32:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #86950e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #86950e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/86950e-b8bea2-4e83df-262d1f-f1eee9?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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