Woodsmoke
Open in tool →Amber and oxblood on smoky brown — a fireside dark mode that photographs whisky, leather and wool.
Color
#976b4e
#976b4e
hex
#976b4ergb
rgb(151, 107, 78)hsl
hsl(24, 32%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.566 0.07 54.2)Closest name: Argan Oil (#9d6646)Relative luminance 0.1764
Colors that go with #976b4e
Champagne, Hunter Green and Peru 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
shippedChampagne is paired with #976b4e in 5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #976b4e in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #976b4e in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #976b4e in 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Riverbed, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #976b4e in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #976b4e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #976b4e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #976b4e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #976b4e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #976b4e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.64:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.53:1 | 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 #976b4e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#976b4e reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #976b4e
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #976b4e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/976b4e-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md