Color
#ae995b
#ae995brgb(174, 153, 91)hsl(45, 34%, 52%)oklch(0.688 0.085 91.3)Colors that go with #ae995b
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #ae995b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ae995b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #ae995b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ae995b in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ae995b, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ae995b in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Cider, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ae995b: 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #ae995b in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Bramble, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ae995b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae995b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.8:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.51:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ae995b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ae995b 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 #ae995b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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