Color
#a77972
#a77972rgb(167, 121, 114)hsl(8, 23%, 55%)oklch(0.62 0.059 28.6)Colors that go with #a77972
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Blush Pink 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a77972 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a77972: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Estate put Blush Pink beside #a77972, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Bramble put Champagne beside #a77972, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a77972 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Oatmeal, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a77972: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a77972 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a77972 in 5 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Guinness's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a77972
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a77972 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.74:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.62:1 | 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 #a77972 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a77972 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 #a77972 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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