Color

#b28d53

#b28d53
hex#b28d53
rgbrgb(178, 141, 83)
hslhsl(37, 38%, 51%)
oklchoklch(0.666 0.088 77.6)
Closest name: Barista’s Favourite (#bb8d4e)Relative luminance 0.2914

Colors that go with #b28d53

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.

Real palettes that use #b28d53

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#5377b2

#b25e53 · #a6b253

#53b28d · #8d53b2

Split-complementary

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#53a6b2 · #5e53b2

#53b25e · #5377b2 · #b253a6

Contrast

#b28d53 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.08:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #8d6f3f as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #6a532f as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (4.6:1)
Aaon black
6.83:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #b5925a as the text (7.22:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #b28d53 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#b28d53 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #b28d53
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 #b28d53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/b28d53-c4b99c-62bdcb-2c2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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