Color
#acda16
#acda16rgb(172, 218, 22)hsl(74, 82%, 47%)oklch(0.826 0.201 123.8)Colors that go with #acda16
Crimson, Deep Sky Blue and Red 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #acda16 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Lay's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #acda16 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #acda16 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #acda16 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and 7-Eleven's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #acda16 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #acda16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #acda16 in 3 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Robinhood's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #acda16: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #acda16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #acda16 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.79:1 | 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 #acda16 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 #acda16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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