Color
#bba581
#bba581rgb(187, 165, 129)hsl(37, 30%, 62%)oklch(0.732 0.056 79.9)Colors that go with #bba581
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Lilac 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 #bba581: 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 #bba581: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bba581 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 #bba581, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #bba581, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bba581: 6 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bba581 in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bba581: 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bba581
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bba581 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.81:1 | 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 #bba581 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#bba581 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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.
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