Color
#bdbb42
#bdbb42rgb(189, 187, 66)hsl(59, 48%, 50%)oklch(0.771 0.141 108.4)Colors that go with #bdbb42
Charcoal, Lilac and Champagne 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 #bdbb42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bdbb42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #bdbb42 in 5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bdbb42 in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #bdbb42 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #bdbb42 in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #bdbb42 in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Desert Road, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust is paired with #bdbb42 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #bdbb42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bdbb42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.03:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.35:1 | 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 #bdbb42 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#bdbb42 reads as warm. 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 #bdbb42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bdbb42-bbbea2-4e96df-272d1f-f1ede9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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