Color
#85aa0e
#85aa0ergb(133, 170, 14)hsl(74, 85%, 36%)oklch(0.686 0.167 124)Colors that go with #85aa0e
Medium Purple, Taupe 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.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #85aa0e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85aa0e in 11 real palettes, including Acer's brand system and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #85aa0e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #85aa0e, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85aa0e: 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 #85aa0e in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #85aa0e in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Playground, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #85aa0e: 3 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #85aa0e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85aa0e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.75:1 | 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 #85aa0e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #85aa0e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85aa0e-b4bea2-4e72df-242d1f-f1efe9?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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