Color
#a49879
#a49879rgb(164, 152, 121)hsl(43, 19%, 56%)oklch(0.682 0.046 89.4)Colors that go with #a49879
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a49879: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #a49879 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a49879 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 #a49879, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a49879: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Bakery, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a49879 in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a49879: 5 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a49879 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Open House, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a49879
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a49879 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a49879 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a49879 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #a49879 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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