Color
#a5c200
#a5c200rgb(165, 194, 0)hsl(69, 100%, 38%)oklch(0.765 0.181 119.9)Colors that go with #a5c200
Taupe, 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a5c200 in 9 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #a5c200 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #a5c200, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a5c200: 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 #a5c200: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a5c200 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #a5c200 in 3 real palettes, including Gatorade's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
shippedSandy Brown is paired with #a5c200 in 3 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a5c200
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5c200 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.04:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.32:1 | 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 #a5c200 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 #a5c200 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a5c200-b7bea2-4e7edf-252d1f-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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