Color
#a3bb2a
#a3bb2argb(163, 187, 42)hsl(70, 63%, 45%)oklch(0.749 0.163 119)Colors that go with #a3bb2a
Blue, Taupe and Plum 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #a3bb2a, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a3bb2a in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #a3bb2a 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 #a3bb2a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #a3bb2a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a3bb2a in 3 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a3bb2a in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a3bb2a: 3 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Playground, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a3bb2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3bb2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.17:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.7:1 | 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 #a3bb2a 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 #a3bb2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a3bb2a-b6bea2-4e7cdf-252d1f-f1efe9?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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