Color
#bcb694
#bcb694rgb(188, 182, 148)hsl(51, 23%, 66%)oklch(0.772 0.047 99.1)Colors that go with #bcb694
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 #bcb694: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bcb694 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 #bcb694: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Estate, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #bcb694, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bcb694: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bcb694 in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bcb694 in 5 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Undergrowth, as the lead colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #bcb694 in 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Sepia Mono, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bcb694
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bcb694 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.05:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.26:1 | 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 #bcb694 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#bcb694 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 #bcb694 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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