Color
#985a2a
#985a2argb(152, 90, 42)hsl(26, 57%, 38%)oklch(0.529 0.103 55.7)Colors that go with #985a2a
Steel Blue, Champagne and Dark Olive Green 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #985a2a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Bramble put Champagne beside #985a2a.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #985a2a in 5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #985a2a in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #985a2a: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #985a2a, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #985a2a: 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 #985a2a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #985a2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #985a2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.48:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.83:1 | 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 #985a2a 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
#985a2a 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 #985a2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/985a2a-c4b29c-62cbc5-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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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