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Color
#ae8d4c
#ae8d4c
hex
#ae8d4crgb
rgb(174, 141, 76)hsl
hsl(40, 39%, 49%)oklch
oklch(0.66 0.093 82.9)Closest name: Barista’s Favourite (#bb8d4e)Relative luminance 0.2857
Colors that go with #ae8d4c
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ae8d4c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ae8d4c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Darkroom put Champagne beside #ae8d4c, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ae8d4c in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Olive Grove, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ae8d4c: 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ae8d4c: 5 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Liquid Death's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #ae8d4c: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #ae8d4c in 7 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ae8d4c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae8d4c 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 #ae8d4c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ae8d4c reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ae8d4c
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 #ae8d4c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ae8d4c-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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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