Color
#a5c85b
#a5c85brgb(165, 200, 91)hsl(79, 50%, 57%)oklch(0.784 0.142 124.4)Colors that go with #a5c85b
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 #a5c85b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #a5c85b 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 League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #a5c85b, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #a5c85b, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a5c85b in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a5c85b in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #a5c85b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a5c85b in 6 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a5c85b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5c85b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.91:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.01:1 | 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 #a5c85b 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 #a5c85b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a5c85b-b2bea2-4e66df-232d1f-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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