Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Color
#a28e5d
#a28e5d
hex
#a28e5drgb
rgb(162, 142, 93)hsl
hsl(43, 27%, 50%)oklch
oklch(0.653 0.071 88.2)Closest name: Backroom Ember (#a19250)Relative luminance 0.2782
Colors that go with #a28e5d
Cornflower Blue, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #a28e5d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #a28e5d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a28e5d in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a28e5d, as the surface under it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a28e5d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a28e5d in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a28e5d: 5 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a28e5d in 6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a28e5d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a28e5d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.2:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.56:1 | 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 #a28e5d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#a28e5d reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #a28e5d
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 #a28e5d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/a28e5d-c4bd9c-62b2cb-2b2d1f-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