Color
#aad987
#aad987rgb(170, 217, 135)hsl(94, 52%, 69%)oklch(0.833 0.119 132.7)Colors that go with #aad987
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 #aad987: 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 #aad987 — 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 #aad987 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 #aad987 in 8 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aad987 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln put Peru beside #aad987, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #aad987: 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 #aad987, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #aad987
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aad987 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.62:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.98:1 | 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 #aad987 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 #aad987 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aad987-abbea2-5a4edf-1f2d1f-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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