Color
#aa822c
#aa822crgb(170, 130, 44)hsl(41, 59%, 42%)oklch(0.63 0.112 82.8)Colors that go with #aa822c
Dodger Blue, 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.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
complementaryshippedDodger Blue sits directly opposite #aa822c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #aa822c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Bramble put Champagne beside #aa822c, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #aa822c: 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 #aa822c in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aa822c in 4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #aa822c in 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Chevrolet's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #aa822c: 5 real palettes, including Cider and Homestead, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #aa822c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa822c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.94:1 | 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 #aa822c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#aa822c reads as warm. 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 #aa822c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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