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
#883e1b
#883e1b
hex
#883e1brgb
rgb(136, 62, 27)hsl
hsl(19, 67%, 32%)oklch
oklch(0.455 0.112 43.6)Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.0876
Colors that go with #883e1b
Teal, Champagne and Crimson 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 #883e1b 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 #883e1b, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #883e1b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #883e1b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #883e1b in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #883e1b in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #883e1b: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #883e1b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #883e1b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #883e1b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.75:1 | 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 #883e1b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#883e1b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #883e1b
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 #883e1b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/883e1b-c4ad9c-62cbb9-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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