# #8a5500

A color — warm, vivid, dark, playful, bold, luxury. Deterministic analysis from BrandSweets (no inference).

## Values

- Hex: `#8a5500`
- RGB: rgb(138, 85, 0)
- HSL: hsl(37, 100%, 27%)
- OKLCH: oklch(0.498 0.109 68.7)
- Relative luminance: 0.119
- Nearest named color: Brownie (#964b00, Δ 3.192) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brownie
- Moods: warm, vivid, dark, playful, bold, luxury
- Page: https://brandsweets.com/colors/8a5500

## Tints & shades

- Tints (toward white): #ad6b00, #d18100, #f59700, #ffa71a, #ffb742, #ffc466, #ffd28a, #ffe0ad, #ffedd1, #fffbf5
- Shades (toward black): #804f00, #704500, #663f00, #5c3900, #523200, #422900, #382300, #2e1c00, #1f1300, #140d00

## Harmonies

- Complementary: #00358a
- Analogous: #8a1000, #7a8a00
- Triadic: #008a55, #55008a
- Split-complementary: #007a8a, #10008a
- Tetradic: #008a10, #00358a, #8a007a

## Contrast (WCAG 2.x, as text)

- On white (#ffffff): 6.21:1 — AA pass, AA-large pass, AAA fail. Fix: AAA: text → #7a4b00 (7.41:1)
- On black (#000000): 3.38:1 — AA fail, AA-large pass, AAA fail. Fix: AA: text → #a86800 (4.65:1); AA: background → #dedede (4.62:1); AAA: text → #d68400 (7.16:1)

## Fonts for this mood

- warm: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/warm
- playful: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/playful
- bold: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/bold
- luxury: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/luxury

## Palette tool

Open this color locked as the lead with four explored companions: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/new/8a5500-c4b99c-62bdcb-2c2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant
(Humans lock/regenerate in the tool; the URL is the state — read `lock=` back to see what they kept.)

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets colors endpoint for the same engine:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
- Tools: `analyze_color` (e.g. `analyze_color({ color: "#8a5500" })`), `check_contrast` (with fixes), `generate_palette` (explore around locks), `suggest_palette` (mood/industry → curated-first), `list_palettes`.