Color
#79a522
#79a522rgb(121, 165, 34)hsl(80, 66%, 39%)oklch(0.666 0.16 127.2)Colors that go with #79a522
Charcoal, Taupe and Medium Orchid 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 #79a522: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #79a522 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 #79a522 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 #79a522: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #79a522 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 #79a522 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 #79a522 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #79a522 in two real palettes: Peloton's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #79a522
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #79a522 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.91:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.22:1 | 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 #79a522 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 #79a522 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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