Color
#8e8a2e
#8e8a2ergb(142, 138, 46)hsl(57, 51%, 37%)oklch(0.619 0.112 106.8)Colors that go with #8e8a2e
Charcoal, Dodger Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8e8a2e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #8e8a2e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #8e8a2e, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8e8a2e in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8e8a2e: 7 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8e8a2e in 5 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8e8a2e in 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Subaru's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #8e8a2e: 5 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8e8a2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8e8a2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.61:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.82:1 | 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 #8e8a2e 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
#8e8a2e 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 #8e8a2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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