Color
#496d18
#496d18rgb(73, 109, 24)hsl(85, 64%, 26%)oklch(0.49 0.119 130.2)Colors that go with #496d18
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #496d18: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #496d18 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #496d18 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #496d18, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #496d18: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #496d18: 7 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #496d18 in 19 real palettes, including Cider and Olive Grove, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #496d18 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #496d18
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #496d18 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.03:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | 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 #496d18 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
#496d18 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #496d18 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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