Color
#b4aa74
#b4aa74rgb(180, 170, 116)hsl(51, 30%, 58%)oklch(0.733 0.073 99)Colors that go with #b4aa74
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #b4aa74: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #b4aa74 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 #b4aa74, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #b4aa74: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Estate, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #b4aa74, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b4aa74: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b4aa74 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b4aa74: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b4aa74
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b4aa74 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.94:1 | 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 #b4aa74 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b4aa74 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #b4aa74 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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