Color
#985f1b
#985f1brgb(152, 95, 27)hsl(33, 70%, 35%)oklch(0.537 0.108 65.4)Colors that go with #985f1b
Champagne, Dark Olive Green and Hunter 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Bramble put Champagne beside #985f1b.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #985f1b in 4 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #985f1b in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Rolex's brand system, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #985f1b: 6 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 #985f1b, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementarySteel Blue sits directly opposite #985f1b 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 #985f1b: 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 #985f1b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #985f1b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #985f1b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.27:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.99:1 | 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 #985f1b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#985f1b reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #985f1b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/985f1b-c4b79c-62c4cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?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