Color
#a9cd70
#a9cd70rgb(169, 205, 112)hsl(83, 48%, 62%)oklch(0.801 0.127 126.4)Colors that go with #a9cd70
Charcoal, Lilac and Cadet 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 #a9cd70: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a9cd70 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #a9cd70: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #a9cd70, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a9cd70 in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a9cd70 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a9cd70: 5 real palettes, including Remix's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a9cd70 in 6 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a9cd70
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a9cd70 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.8:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.65:1 | 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 #a9cd70 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 #a9cd70 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a9cd70-b0bea2-4e5ddf-222d1f-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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