Meadow
Open in tool →Fresh green, buttercup and a wildflower pink — spring at full saturation; the leaf-dark text does the anchoring.
Color
#74ba45
#74ba45
hex
#74ba45rgb
rgb(116, 186, 69)hsl
hsl(96, 46%, 50%)oklch
oklch(0.718 0.166 134.9)Closest name: Extra Life (#6ab417)Relative luminance 0.3926
Colors that go with #74ba45
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Royal 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #74ba45: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #74ba45 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #74ba45 in 5 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #74ba45 in 11 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #74ba45 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementshippedHot Pink is a split-complement of #74ba45: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #74ba45: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #74ba45 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #74ba45
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74ba45 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #74ba45 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #74ba45
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #74ba45 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/74ba45-aabea2-5f4edf-1f2d20-f0f1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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