Darkroom
Open in tool →Sepia, faded ochre and a teal shadow on aged paper — the photograph-in-a-drawer palette, tuned so it still passes AA.
Color
#b09f73
#b09f73
hex
#b09f73rgb
rgb(176, 159, 115)hsl
hsl(43, 28%, 57%)oklch
oklch(0.706 0.063 89.3)Closest name: Bamboo Forest (#b1a979)Relative luminance 0.3526
Colors that go with #b09f73
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Blush Pink 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 #b09f73: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #b09f73 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Estate put Blush Pink beside #b09f73, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #b09f73 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b09f73: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #b09f73, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b09f73: 7 real palettes, including Bakery and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b09f73 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b09f73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b09f73 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.05:1 | 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 #b09f73 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b09f73 reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b09f73
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 #b09f73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b09f73-c4bd9c-62b2cb-2b2d1f-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