Color
#cb8b01
#cb8b01rgb(203, 139, 1)hsl(41, 99%, 40%)oklch(0.684 0.143 76.2)Colors that go with #cb8b01
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Cornflower 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #cb8b01: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cb8b01: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #cb8b01 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cb8b01 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #cb8b01, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #cb8b01 in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Forest Floor, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cb8b01: 7 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #cb8b01: 7 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Liquid Death's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cb8b01
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cb8b01 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.23:1 | 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 #cb8b01 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
#cb8b01 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #cb8b01 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cb8b01-c4bc9c-62b6cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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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