Color
#a4ae56
#a4ae56rgb(164, 174, 86)hsl(67, 35%, 51%)oklch(0.724 0.113 114.6)Colors that go with #a4ae56
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #a4ae56: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a4ae56 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 Lexus's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #a4ae56, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #a4ae56, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a4ae56: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a4ae56 in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a4ae56: 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a4ae56 in 5 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a4ae56
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a4ae56 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.77:1 | 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 #a4ae56 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 #a4ae56 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a4ae56-b8bea2-4e83df-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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