Color
#a97074
#a97074rgb(169, 112, 116)hsl(356, 25%, 55%)oklch(0.606 0.073 14.8)Colors that go with #a97074
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 #a97074 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 #a97074: 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 Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #a97074, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #a97074, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a97074 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a97074: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a97074 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #a97074, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a97074
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a97074 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.99:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.26:1 | 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 #a97074 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a97074 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 #a97074 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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