Color

#aba573

#aba573
hex#aba573
rgbrgb(171, 165, 115)
hslhsl(54, 25%, 56%)
oklchoklch(0.715 0.068 102.1)
Closest name: Cardamom (#aaaa77)Relative luminance 0.3681

Colors that go with #aba573

Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Lilac 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.

Real palettes that use #aba573

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#7378ab

#ab8973 · #94ab73

#73aba5 · #a573ab

Split-complementary

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#7394ab · #8973ab

#73ab89 · #7378ab · #ab7394

Contrast

#aba573 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7c774b as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #5c5937 as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.67:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.14:1)
Aaon black
8.36:1passpasspassPasses 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 #aba573 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#aba573 reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #aba573
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #aba573 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/aba573-bebea2-4ea2df-292d1f-f1ede9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md