Color

#b09a5e

#b09a5e
hex#b09a5e
rgbrgb(176, 154, 94)
hslhsl(44, 34%, 53%)
oklchoklch(0.692 0.083 90)
Closest name: Amaretto Sour (#c09856)Relative luminance 0.3315

Colors that go with #b09a5e

Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Burlywood 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#5e74b0

#b0715e · #9db05e

#5eb09a · #9a5eb0

Split-complementary

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#5e9db0 · #715eb0

#5eb071 · #5e74b0 · #b05e9d

Contrast

#b09a5e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.75:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #857342 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #635631 as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #333333 (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #0d0d0d (7.06:1)
Aaon black
7.63:1passpasspassPasses 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 #b09a5e as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#b09a5e reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #b09a5e
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 #b09a5e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/b09a5e-c4be9c-62b1cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md