Color
#8a8d2a
#8a8d2argb(138, 141, 42)hsl(62, 54%, 36%)oklch(0.622 0.119 111.1)Colors that go with #8a8d2a
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #8a8d2a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #8a8d2a in 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #8a8d2a in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Wellness, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a8d2a in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #8a8d2a in 4 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8a8d2a in 6 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #8a8d2a in 4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
complementaryMedium Slate Blue sits directly opposite #8a8d2a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #8a8d2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a8d2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.92:1 | 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 #8a8d2a 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 #8a8d2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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