Color
#bac261
#bac261rgb(186, 194, 97)hsl(65, 44%, 57%)oklch(0.787 0.122 113.1)Colors that go with #bac261
Charcoal, Lilac and Cadet 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bac261: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bac261 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bac261: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Open House, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #bac261, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bac261: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bramble, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #bac261: 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bac261 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bac261 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Farmers Market, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bac261
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bac261 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.91:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.98:1 | 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 #bac261 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #bac261 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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