Color
#a1ca53
#a1ca53rgb(161, 202, 83)hsl(81, 53%, 56%)oklch(0.785 0.154 125.8)Colors that go with #a1ca53
Charcoal, Plum and 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a1ca53: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #a1ca53 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #a1ca53, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a1ca53 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a1ca53 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Canopy, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a1ca53 in 4 real palettes, including Disney's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a1ca53 in 17 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #a1ca53: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #a1ca53
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a1ca53 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.89:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.09:1 | 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 #a1ca53 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 #a1ca53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a1ca53-b1bea2-4e62df-222d1f-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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