Color
#b3b474
#b3b474rgb(179, 180, 116)hsl(61, 30%, 58%)oklch(0.754 0.085 109)Colors that go with #b3b474
Charcoal, Lilac and 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b3b474: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #b3b474 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #b3b474, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #b3b474: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Open House, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble put Champagne beside #b3b474, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b3b474: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Desert Road, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b3b474 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b3b474: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b3b474
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b3b474 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.17:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.7:1 | 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 #b3b474 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #b3b474 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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