Color
#a97589
#a97589rgb(169, 117, 137)hsl(337, 23%, 56%)oklch(0.621 0.07 354.6)Colors that go with #a97589
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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 #a97589: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a97589 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a97589, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #a97589, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a97589 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Sepia Mono, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a97589 in 22 real palettes, including Typewriter and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #a97589: 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Anthropic's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementshippedOlive Drab is a split-complement of #a97589: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #a97589
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a97589 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.75:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.59:1 | 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 #a97589 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a97589 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 #a97589 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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