Color
#8e602e
#8e602ergb(142, 96, 46)hsl(31, 51%, 37%)oklch(0.528 0.089 65.9)Colors that go with #8e602e
Champagne, Hunter Green and Royal Blue 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #8e602e, as that palette's text colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8e602e in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #8e602e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #8e602e: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen put Slate Gray beside #8e602e, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #8e602e in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #8e602e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8e602e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8e602e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8e602e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.44:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.86:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8e602e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#8e602e 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 #8e602e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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