Color
#888e1a
#888e1argb(136, 142, 26)hsl(63, 69%, 33%)oklch(0.622 0.13 112.7)Colors that go with #888e1a
Charcoal, Champagne 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 #888e1a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #888e1a, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #888e1a in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #888e1a: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #888e1a in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Atelier and Greige put Slate Gray beside #888e1a, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #888e1a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #888e1a in 18 real palettes, including Cider and Clean Beauty, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #888e1a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #888e1a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.93:1 | 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 #888e1a 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 #888e1a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/888e1a-b9bea2-4e8ddf-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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