Color
#b8a905
#b8a905rgb(184, 169, 5)hsl(55, 95%, 37%)oklch(0.725 0.152 103.1)Colors that go with #b8a905
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Champagne 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 #b8a905: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #b8a905 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #b8a905, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b8a905 in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b8a905: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Guinness's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b8a905 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #b8a905: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Cider, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #b8a905: 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Graphite, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b8a905
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b8a905 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.41:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.72:1 | 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 #b8a905 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b8a905 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #b8a905 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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