Color
#aed869
#aed869rgb(174, 216, 105)hsl(83, 59%, 63%)oklch(0.829 0.147 126.5)Colors that go with #aed869
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Plum 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 #aed869: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #aed869 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #aed869 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 #aed869 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aed869: 5 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #aed869's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #aed869 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #aed869 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #aed869
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aed869 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.83:1 | 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 #aed869 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 #aed869 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aed869-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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