Color
#b1bd2e
#b1bd2ergb(177, 189, 46)hsl(65, 61%, 46%)oklch(0.764 0.158 114.4)Colors that go with #b1bd2e
Dark Olive Green, Hunter Green and Rust 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #b1bd2e in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b1bd2e in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust is paired with #b1bd2e in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b1bd2e in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #b1bd2e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #b1bd2e in 3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b1bd2e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #b1bd2e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #b1bd2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b1bd2e 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 #b1bd2e 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 #b1bd2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b1bd2e-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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