Camel

Where it sits

Bright Spring palette

Camel is a neutral in Bright Spring. Its closest relative outside the palette is Golden tan #C4A06A, a True Autumn color, at a perceptual distance of 6. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.

At RGB 194, 154, 91 the red leads, the green sits at about eighty percent, and the blue at under half. That spread makes it orange-brown, and the lightness keeps it from going to leather. It has more saturation than most neutrals, which is what makes it Bright Spring's rather than Soft Autumn's. It reads as a color from across the room and as a neutral up close.

A Bright Spring wears it as the base for the palette's loud colors: hot warm pink, bright coral, warm bright emerald, golden yellow. A coat over a bright knit. Trousers under a coral shirt. A bag with everything. It also pairs with warm navy and warm grey, which makes it the easiest neutral in the palette to build on.

Retailers call it camel, tan, caramel, honey, sand, or toffee, and most of what sells under those names is either greyer, which is Soft Autumn, or darker, which is Dark Autumn. Hold the garment against a cool grey. Bright Spring camel looks gold. A Soft Autumn camel looks like a warm version of the grey.

Easily confused with

This is the most shared neutral in the whole system. True Autumn's golden tan is six points away and Soft Autumn's camel is seven, both the same color in practice. Dark Autumn's camel is thirteen points off and darker. Light Spring's light camel is sixteen points off and paler. On a Soft Autumn, this camel is a touch bright. On a Bright Spring, the Soft Autumn camel is a touch dull. Nobody will notice either.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 7 in-stock pieces across Boden, Frank & Eileen and STAUD sample within a close match of #C29A5B. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Longline Delicate Chain

Gold

$79 at Boden

Brennan

Camel

$368 at Frank & Eileen

Sienna Relaxed Cord Shirt

Sand

$149 at Boden

Swing Box Short Trench

Camel

$320 at Boden

Lolita Top

Gilded

$695 at STAUD

Avani Top

Cliffside

$137 at STAUD

Catherine 29"

Camel

$228 at Frank & Eileen

What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #C29A5B today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Gold, Sand, Camel

Frank & Eileen

Camel

STAUD

Gilded, Cliffside

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

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