Color
#a5ce55
#a5ce55rgb(165, 206, 85)hsl(80, 55%, 57%)oklch(0.797 0.156 125.5)Colors that go with #a5ce55
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a5ce55: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #a5ce55 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #a5ce55 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #a5ce55 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a5ce55 in 5 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Canopy, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a5ce55 in 5 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a5ce55 in 13 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #a5ce55: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #a5ce55
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5ce55 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.82:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.56:1 | 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 #a5ce55 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #a5ce55 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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