Color

#b9a474

#b9a474
hex#b9a474
rgbrgb(185, 164, 116)
hslhsl(42, 33%, 59%)
oklchoklch(0.725 0.069 87)
Closest name: Bamboo Forest (#b1a979)Relative luminance 0.3813

Colors that go with #b9a474

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.

Real palettes that use #b9a474

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#7489b9

#b98274 · #abb974

#74b9a4 · #a474b9

Split-complementary

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#74abb9 · #8274b9

#74b982 · #7489b9 · #b974ab

Contrast

#b9a474 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.43:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #887344 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #665733 as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.15:1)
Aaon black
8.63:1passpasspassPasses 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 #b9a474 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#b9a474 reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #b9a474
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #b9a474 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/b9a474-c4bc9c-62b4cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md