Color
#aee462
#aee462rgb(174, 228, 98)hsl(85, 71%, 64%)oklch(0.855 0.169 128.4)Colors that go with #aee462
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 #aee462: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #aee462 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside #aee462, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #aee462 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #aee462 in 4 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #aee462 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #aee462 in 10 real palettes, including 7-Eleven's brand system and Macaron, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped5 real palettes, including Night Market and Crayon Box put Tomato beside #aee462, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #aee462
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aee462 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.07:1 | 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 #aee462 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #aee462 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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