Color
#a0803b
#a0803brgb(160, 128, 59)hsl(41, 46%, 43%)oklch(0.616 0.096 84.3)Colors that go with #a0803b
Dodger Blue, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
complementaryshippedDodger Blue sits directly opposite #a0803b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #a0803b — 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 #a0803b in 6 real palettes, including Bramble and Coffee Bar, 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 #a0803b in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedSaddle Brown is paired with #a0803b in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #a0803b in 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Riverbed, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a0803b in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Sepia Mono, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a0803b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a0803b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a0803b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.72:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.65:1 | 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 #a0803b as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a0803b 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 #a0803b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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