Color
#8e280b
#8e280brgb(142, 40, 11)hsl(13, 86%, 30%)oklch(0.434 0.142 35.3)Colors that go with #8e280b
Crimson, Teal and Champagne 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #8e280b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #8e280b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8e280b, as the text colour against it.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8e280b in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #8e280b, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8e280b in 14 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #8e280b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8e280b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8e280b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8e280b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.54:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.46:1 | 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 #8e280b 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
#8e280b reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #8e280b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8e280b-c4a99c-62cbaf-2d281f-f1e9eb?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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