Color
#996c73
#996c73rgb(153, 108, 115)hsl(351, 18%, 51%)oklch(0.579 0.058 8.7)Colors that go with #996c73
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #996c73: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #996c73, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #996c73 in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and BrandSweets's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #996c73 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #996c73 in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Desert Road, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #996c73, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #996c73 in 5 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #996c73: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #996c73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #996c73 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.42:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.75:1 | 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 #996c73 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#996c73 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #996c73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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