Color
#aae278
#aae278rgb(170, 226, 120)hsl(92, 65%, 68%)oklch(0.851 0.148 131.7)Colors that go with #aae278
Charcoal, Plum and 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 #aae278: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #aae278 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #aae278, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #aae278 in 7 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #aae278 in 5 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #aae278 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Gatorade's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #aae278: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Polaroid, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #aae278 in 17 real palettes, including Macaron and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #aae278
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aae278 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.52:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.86:1 | 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 #aae278 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 #aae278 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aae278-acbea2-564edf-202d1f-f1f1e9?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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