Color
#ae5b3d
#ae5b3drgb(174, 91, 61)hsl(16, 48%, 46%)oklch(0.564 0.117 40.3)Colors that go with #ae5b3d
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ae5b3d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ae5b3d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #ae5b3d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ae5b3d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ae5b3d in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Bramble put Champagne beside #ae5b3d.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ae5b3d: 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ae5b3d in 9 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Budweiser's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ae5b3d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae5b3d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.81:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.36:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ae5b3d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ae5b3d 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 #ae5b3d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae5b3d-c4ab9c-62cbb4-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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