Atelier
Open in tool →Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.
Color
#997f4d
#997f4d
hex
#997f4drgb
rgb(153, 127, 77)hsl
hsl(39, 33%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.609 0.075 82.8)Closest name: Banner Gold (#a28557)Relative luminance 0.2249
Colors that go with #997f4d
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Cadet Blue 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 #997f4d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #997f4d in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Estate, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #997f4d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #997f4d in 6 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #997f4d in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Cider, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #997f4d in 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Guinness's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #997f4d in 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedSaddle Brown is paired with #997f4d in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #997f4d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #997f4d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.82:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.5:1 | 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 #997f4d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#997f4d reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #997f4d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #997f4d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/997f4d-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.
Machine-readable: color.md