Color
#a86229
#a86229rgb(168, 98, 41)hsl(27, 61%, 41%)oklch(0.565 0.115 56.3)Colors that go with #a86229
Royal Blue, Champagne and Dark Olive Green 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #a86229: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #a86229, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a86229 in 6 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and BrandSweets's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a86229: 4 real palettes, including Dyson's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a86229 in 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bookshop, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a86229: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Riverbed put Slate Gray beside #a86229, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a86229: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a86229
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a86229 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.44:1 | 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 #a86229 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a86229 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #a86229 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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