Color
#8a980b
#8a980brgb(138, 152, 11)hsl(66, 87%, 32%)oklch(0.646 0.145 116.2)Colors that go with #8a980b
Medium Purple, Dark Olive Green and Slate Gray 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 #8a980b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #8a980b in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #8a980b in 4 real palettes, including Greige and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a980b in 10 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Cider, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #8a980b: 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 #8a980b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate is paired with #8a980b in 3 real palettes, including Homestead and Farmers Market, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a980b in 3 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a980b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a980b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.19:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.58:1 | 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 #8a980b 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 #8a980b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a980b-b8bea2-4e86df-262d1f-f1eee9?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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