Color
#996b14
#996b14rgb(153, 107, 20)hsl(39, 77%, 34%)oklch(0.562 0.111 77)Colors that go with #996b14
Royal 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
complementaryshippedRoyal Blue sits directly opposite #996b14 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #996b14, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #996b14 in 4 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #996b14 in 4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #996b14, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
analogousshippedRust is #996b14's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #996b14: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #996b14: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #996b14
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #996b14 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.47:1 | 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 #996b14 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#996b14 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 #996b14 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/996b14-c4ba9c-62b9cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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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