Color
#74a211
#74a211rgb(116, 162, 17)hsl(79, 81%, 35%)oklch(0.655 0.165 127.5)Colors that go with #74a211
Taupe, Medium Orchid 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #74a211 in 9 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Meadow, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #74a211 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #74a211: 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 #74a211: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #74a211 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #74a211 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Playground, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #74a211 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #74a211 in two real palettes: Spotify's brand system and Instacart's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #74a211
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74a211 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.04:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.92:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #74a211 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 #74a211 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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