Color

#bda970

#bda970
hex#bda970
rgbrgb(189, 169, 112)
hslhsl(44, 37%, 59%)
oklchoklch(0.739 0.079 90.9)
Closest name: Bamboo Forest (#b1a979)Relative luminance 0.4036

Colors that go with #bda970

Charcoal, Lilac 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#7084bd

#bd8270 · #abbd70

#70bda9 · #a970bd

Split-complementary

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#70abbd · #8270bd

#70bd82 · #7084bd · #bd70ab

Contrast

#bda970 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.31:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #88753f as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #65572f as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.12:1)
Aaon black
9.07:1passpasspassPasses 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 #bda970 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#bda970 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bda970
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #bda970 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bda970-c4be9c-62b1cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md