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Color
#a98e5b
#a98e5b
hex
#a98e5brgb
rgb(169, 142, 91)hsl
hsl(39, 31%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.66 0.076 82.6)Closest name: Backroom Ember (#a19250)Relative luminance 0.2854
Colors that go with #a98e5b
Cornflower Blue, Burlywood and Cadet Blue 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #a98e5b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a98e5b in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #a98e5b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Darkroom put Champagne beside #a98e5b, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a98e5b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a98e5b in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Oatmeal, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a98e5b: 5 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #a98e5b: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Chipotle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a98e5b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a98e5b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.71:1 | 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 #a98e5b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#a98e5b reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #a98e5b
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 #a98e5b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/a98e5b-c4ba9c-62b9cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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