Color
#b09d4a
#b09d4argb(176, 157, 74)hsl(49, 41%, 49%)oklch(0.696 0.106 96.6)Colors that go with #b09d4a
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Cornflower 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #b09d4a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b09d4a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #b09d4a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #b09d4a in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #b09d4a, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b09d4a: 6 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b09d4a in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Cider, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b09d4a: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b09d4a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b09d4a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.77:1 | 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 #b09d4a as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b09d4a 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 #b09d4a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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