Color
#a6c242
#a6c242rgb(166, 194, 66)hsl(73, 51%, 51%)oklch(0.769 0.155 120.8)Colors that go with #a6c242
Charcoal, Blue and Cornflower 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 #a6c242: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #a6c242, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #a6c242: 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 #a6c242 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a6c242 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a6c242 in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a6c242 in 4 real palettes, including Disney's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a6c242: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Garden Wedding, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a6c242
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a6c242 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.02:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.42:1 | 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 #a6c242 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 #a6c242 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a6c242-b5bea2-4e75df-242d1f-f1efe9?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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