CSS color
brown
#a52a2argb(165, 42, 42)hsl(0, 59%, 41%)oklch(0.481 0.16 25.6)Brown 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 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with brown
Royal Blue, Teal and Amber 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with brown — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite brown 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 brown in 4 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with brown in 9 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to brown in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Cider, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with brown: 10 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to brown in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for brown: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use brown
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| brown as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.08:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.96:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with brown as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
brown 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 #a52a2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a52a2a-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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