Color
#a8d987
#a8d987rgb(168, 217, 135)hsl(96, 52%, 69%)oklch(0.831 0.121 133.5)Colors that go with #a8d987
Charcoal, Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #a8d987: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
triadicshippedSky Blue completes a triad with #a8d987 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a8d987 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a8d987 in 7 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a8d987 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a8d987: 5 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Polaroid, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #a8d987, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a8d987 in 24 real palettes, including Blossom and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #a8d987
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a8d987 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.62:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.94:1 | 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 #a8d987 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 #a8d987 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a8d987-aabea2-5f4edf-1f2d20-f0f1e9?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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