Color
#8a8524
#8a8524rgb(138, 133, 36)hsl(57, 59%, 34%)oklch(0.603 0.115 106.4)Colors that go with #8a8524
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a8524: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #8a8524, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a8524 in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a8524: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #8a8524: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a8524 in 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Console Light, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Atelier and Mushroom put Slate Gray beside #8a8524, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #8a8524 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8a8524
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a8524 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.85:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.46:1 | 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 #8a8524 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#8a8524 reads as warm. 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 #8a8524 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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