Color
#976b53
#976b53rgb(151, 107, 83)hsl(21, 29%, 46%)oklch(0.567 0.067 49.6)Colors that go with #976b53
Charcoal, Champagne and Dodger 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #976b53: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #976b53, as that palette's text colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #976b53: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #976b53 in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Rolex's brand system, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #976b53, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #976b53 in 5 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #976b53 in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Aesop's brand system, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #976b53 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 #976b53
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #976b53 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.54:1 | 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 #976b53 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#976b53 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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.
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