Olive Grove
Open in tool →Olive and straw with a rust accent — Mediterranean and unhurried; good for food, wine and hospitality.
Color
#a5481d
#a5481d
hex
#a5481drgb
rgb(165, 72, 29)hsl
hsl(19, 70%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.516 0.135 42.7)Closest name: sienna (#a0522d)Relative luminance 0.1272
Colors that go with #a5481d
Crimson, Denim and Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #a5481d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #a5481d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #a5481d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #a5481d.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a5481d in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and BrandSweets's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a5481d in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Trailhead, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a5481d in 7 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a5481d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a5481d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5481d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.92:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.54:1 | 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 #a5481d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#a5481d reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #a5481d
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 #a5481d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/a5481d-c4ad9c-62cbb9-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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