Color
#b8a265
#b8a265rgb(184, 162, 101)hsl(44, 37%, 56%)oklch(0.718 0.084 90.3)Colors that go with #b8a265
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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 #b8a265: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #b8a265 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 #b8a265, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #b8a265: 5 real palettes, including Estate and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #b8a265, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b8a265: 6 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b8a265 in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b8a265 in 7 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b8a265
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b8a265 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.39:1 | 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 #b8a265 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#b8a265 reads as warm. 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 #b8a265 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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