Color
#a5ae42
#a5ae42rgb(165, 174, 66)hsl(65, 45%, 47%)oklch(0.722 0.131 113.7)Colors that go with #a5ae42
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 #a5ae42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a5ae42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #a5ae42, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a5ae42 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #a5ae42, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a5ae42: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #a5ae42: 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 #a5ae42 in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a5ae42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5ae42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.73:1 | 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 #a5ae42 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 #a5ae42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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