Color
#afbe09
#afbe09rgb(175, 190, 9)hsl(65, 91%, 39%)oklch(0.764 0.172 115.4)Colors that go with #afbe09
Cornflower Blue, Charcoal and Dark Olive Green 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #afbe09: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #afbe09: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #afbe09 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #afbe09 in 4 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #afbe09 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #afbe09: 5 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #afbe09 in 4 real palettes, including Disney's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #afbe09 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #afbe09
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #afbe09 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.06:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.19:1 | 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 #afbe09 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 #afbe09 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/afbe09-b8bea2-4e88df-262d1f-f1eee9?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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