Color
#a16236
#a16236rgb(161, 98, 54)hsl(25, 50%, 42%)oklch(0.557 0.101 53.9)Colors that go with #a16236
Champagne, Dark Olive Green and Denim 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #a16236, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a16236 in 6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Magazine Ochre.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a16236: 4 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a16236 in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Desert Road, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #a16236, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #a16236: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a16236: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a16236: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a16236
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a16236 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.32:1 | 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 #a16236 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a16236 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 #a16236 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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