Color
#a1ca49
#a1ca49rgb(161, 202, 73)hsl(79, 55%, 54%)oklch(0.784 0.162 125.1)Colors that go with #a1ca49
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a1ca49: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #a1ca49, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a1ca49 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a1ca49 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Canopy, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a1ca49 in 4 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Disney's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a1ca49 in 16 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #a1ca49 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a1ca49 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a1ca49
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a1ca49 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.06:1 | 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 #a1ca49 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 #a1ca49 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a1ca49-b2bea2-4e66df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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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