Color
#8d990a
#8d990argb(141, 153, 10)hsl(65, 88%, 32%)oklch(0.651 0.146 115.3)Colors that go with #8d990a
Medium Purple, Blue and Dark Olive Green 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 #8d990a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #8d990a, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8d990a in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8d990a in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8d990a in 14 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Acer's brand system, as the surface under it.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #8d990a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #8d990a, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8d990a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8d990a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8d990a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.14:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.69:1 | 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 #8d990a 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 #8d990a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8d990a-b8bea2-4e88df-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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