Color
#9c5916
#9c5916rgb(156, 89, 22)hsl(30, 75%, 35%)oklch(0.531 0.116 59.3)Colors that go with #9c5916
Steel 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #9c5916 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Bramble put Champagne beside #9c5916.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #9c5916 in 6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9c5916: 5 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Etsy's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9c5916 in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Trailhead, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #9c5916: 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #9c5916, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #9c5916: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #9c5916
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9c5916 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.45:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.85:1 | 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 #9c5916 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#9c5916 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 #9c5916 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9c5916-c4b59c-62c9cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?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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