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
#b59f69
#b59f69
hex
#b59f69rgb
rgb(181, 159, 105)hsl
hsl(43, 34%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.709 0.076 88.2)Closest name: Amaretto Sour (#c09856)Relative luminance 0.3564
Colors that go with #b59f69
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Cornflower 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b59f69: 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 #b59f69: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #b59f69 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 #b59f69, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #b59f69, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b59f69: 7 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b59f69 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b59f69: 5 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b59f69
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b59f69 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.13:1 | 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 #b59f69 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b59f69 reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b59f69
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 #b59f69 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b59f69-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