Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Color
#afe401
#afe401
hex
#afe401rgb
rgb(175, 228, 1)hsl
hsl(74, 99%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.851 0.213 124.8)Closest name: Inchworm (#b2ec5d)Relative luminance 0.646
Colors that go with #afe401
Crimson, 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #afe401 in 4 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 #afe401 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #afe401 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 #afe401: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #afe401 in 3 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and MongoDB's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #afe401: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #afe401 in 3 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #afe401 in two real palettes: Gumroad's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #afe401
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #afe401 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.92:1 | 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 #afe401 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #afe401
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #afe401 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/afe401-b4bea2-4e72df-242d1f-f1efe9?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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