Named color
Annatto
#8c5341rgb(140, 83, 65)hsl(14, 37%, 40%)oklch(0.503 0.082 38.3)Annatto on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Annatto
Teal, Champagne and Dark Olive Green 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite Annatto on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside Annatto, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Annatto in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and BrandSweets's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with Annatto in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bookshop, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with Annatto in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with Annatto: 7 real palettes, including Darkroom and Homestead, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Typewriter and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside Annatto, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Annatto: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use Annatto
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Annatto as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.12:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.43:1 | 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 Annatto 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
Annatto 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 #8c5341 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8c5341-c4aa9c-62cbb1-2d291f-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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