Color
#bcbd99
#bcbd99rgb(188, 189, 153)hsl(62, 21%, 67%)oklch(0.788 0.049 108.8)Colors that go with #bcbd99
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 #bcbd99: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bcbd99 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 #bcbd99: 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 #bcbd99, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bcbd99: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bcbd99 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 #bcbd99 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bcbd99: 4 real palettes, including Fitbit's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bcbd99
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bcbd99 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.93:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.88:1 | 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 #bcbd99 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 #bcbd99 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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