Color
#bc9f85
#bc9f85rgb(188, 159, 133)hsl(28, 29%, 63%)oklch(0.722 0.05 63.8)Colors that go with #bc9f85
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 #bc9f85: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #bc9f85 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 Blush put Blush Pink beside #bc9f85, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #bc9f85: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #bc9f85, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bc9f85: 7 real palettes, including Bakery and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bc9f85 in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bc9f85 in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bc9f85
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc9f85 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.44:1 | 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 #bc9f85 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#bc9f85 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #bc9f85 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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