Color

#cdae79

#cdae79
hex#cdae79
rgbrgb(205, 174, 121)
hslhsl(38, 46%, 64%)
oklchoklch(0.766 0.078 80.5)
Closest name: Sand (#c2b280)Relative luminance 0.4463

Colors that go with #cdae79

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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#7998cd

#cd8479 · #c2cd79

#79cdae · #ae79cd

Split-complementary

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#79c2cd · #8479cd

#79cd84 · #7998cd · #cd79c2

Contrast

#cdae79 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.12:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #917036 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #6c5328 as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.15:1)
Aaon black
9.93:1passpasspassPasses 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 #cdae79 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#cdae79 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #cdae79
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 #cdae79 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/cdae79-c4ba9c-62bbcb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md