Color
#a8d520
#a8d520rgb(168, 213, 32)hsl(75, 74%, 48%)oklch(0.812 0.194 124)Colors that go with #a8d520
Crimson, Red and Taupe 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a8d520 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tabloid, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #a8d520 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a8d520 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #a8d520 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #a8d520 in 3 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Robinhood's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a8d520: 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 #a8d520 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #a8d520 in 3 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a8d520
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a8d520 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.72:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.2:1 | 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 #a8d520 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 #a8d520 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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