Color
#ad8e76
#ad8e76rgb(173, 142, 118)hsl(26, 25%, 57%)oklch(0.669 0.051 59.5)Colors that go with #ad8e76
Charcoal, Cadet Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ad8e76: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ad8e76 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #ad8e76, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ad8e76 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ad8e76, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ad8e76 in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ad8e76: 5 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ad8e76 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Mid-Century, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ad8e76
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad8e76 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.04:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.91:1 | 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 #ad8e76 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ad8e76 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 #ad8e76 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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