Color
#486d36
#486d36rgb(72, 109, 54)hsl(100, 34%, 32%)oklch(0.493 0.092 136.2)Colors that go with #486d36
Charcoal, Rust 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 #486d36: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #486d36 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #486d36, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #486d36: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #486d36 in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #486d36: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #486d36 in 4 real palettes, including Coinbase's brand system and Xbox's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #486d36: 7 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #486d36
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #486d36 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.97:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.52:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #486d36 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #486d36 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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