Color
#996138
#996138rgb(153, 97, 56)hsl(25, 46%, 41%)oklch(0.545 0.092 55.6)Colors that go with #996138
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 Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #996138, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #996138 in 5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #996138 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 #996138, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #996138: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #996138: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Atelier put Slate Gray beside #996138, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #996138: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #996138
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #996138 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.12:1 | 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 #996138 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#996138 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 #996138 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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