Color
#aae65b
#aae65brgb(170, 230, 91)hsl(86, 74%, 63%)oklch(0.856 0.18 129.3)Colors that go with #aae65b
Taupe, Plum and Crimson 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #aae65b in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Macaron, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #aae65b 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 #aae65b in 3 real palettes, including Diner and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #aae65b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementViolet is a split-complement of #aae65b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #aae65b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementLilac is a split-complement of #aae65b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #aae65b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #aae65b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aae65b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.18:1 | 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 #aae65b 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 #aae65b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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