Color
#978b02
#978b02rgb(151, 139, 2)hsl(55, 97%, 30%)oklch(0.628 0.132 103.4)Colors that go with #978b02
Champagne, Dark Olive Green and Dodger 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #978b02, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #978b02 in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #978b02: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #978b02: 5 real palettes, including Cider and Homestead, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Atelier and Greige put Slate Gray beside #978b02, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #978b02 in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
complementaryMedium Slate Blue sits directly opposite #978b02 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #978b02: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #978b02
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #978b02 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.49:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.01:1 | 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 #978b02 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#978b02 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #978b02 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/978b02-bdbea2-4ea0df-282d1f-f1ede9?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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