Color

#bdab7a

#bdab7a
hex#bdab7a
rgbrgb(189, 171, 122)
hslhsl(44, 34%, 61%)
oklchoklch(0.745 0.069 90.2)
Closest name: Bamboo Forest (#b1a979)Relative luminance 0.4135

Colors that go with #bdab7a

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

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#7a8cbd

#bd8a7a · #aebd7a

#7abdab · #ab7abd

Split-complementary

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#7aaebd · #8a7abd

#7abd8a · #7a8cbd · #bd7aae

Contrast

#bdab7a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.27:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #857342 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #635631 as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.11:1)
Aaon black
9.27:1passpasspassPasses 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 #bdab7a as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#bdab7a reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bdab7a
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 #bdab7a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bdab7a-c4be9c-62b1cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md