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
#b49a64
#b49a64
hex
#b49a64rgb
rgb(180, 154, 100)hsl
hsl(40, 35%, 55%)oklch
oklch(0.697 0.078 84.8)Closest name: Amaretto Sour (#c09856)Relative luminance 0.3373
Colors that go with #b49a64
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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b49a64: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b49a64: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #b49a64 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 #b49a64, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b49a64 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b49a64: 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #b49a64: 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #b49a64 in 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Sepia Mono, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b49a64
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b49a64 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.75:1 | 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 #b49a64 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b49a64 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b49a64
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 #b49a64 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b49a64-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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