Bramble
Open in tool →Blackberry and bark with a wheat highlight on a plum-black surface — late-autumn, quiet, slightly gothic.
Color
#c5ae7d
#c5ae7d
hex
#c5ae7drgb
rgb(197, 174, 125)hsl
hsl(41, 38%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.759 0.07 85.6)Closest name: Sand (#c2b280)Relative luminance 0.4362
Colors that go with #c5ae7d
Charcoal, Lilac and Cadet 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 #c5ae7d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #c5ae7d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c5ae7d: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Open House, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #c5ae7d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #c5ae7d: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Desert Road, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c5ae7d in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c5ae7d in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c5ae7d: 6 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c5ae7d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5ae7d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.72:1 | 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 #c5ae7d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Desert Road
Open in tool →Sandstone and sand with a deep teal — the one cool note makes the warm colours look intentional rather than beige.
Garden Wedding
Open in tool →Sage green, blush and a soft gold on ivory — the wedding palette of the decade, with text dark enough for an actual invitation.
Fonts for this mood
#c5ae7d reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5ae7d
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 #c5ae7d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c5ae7d-c4bc9c-62b6cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md