Color
#b4bd4c
#b4bd4crgb(180, 189, 76)hsl(65, 46%, 52%)oklch(0.769 0.137 113.4)Colors that go with #b4bd4c
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #b4bd4c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #b4bd4c 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 League of Legends's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #b4bd4c, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #b4bd4c: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #b4bd4c, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b4bd4c: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bramble, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #b4bd4c: 5 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b4bd4c in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tabloid, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b4bd4c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b4bd4c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.03:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.32:1 | 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 #b4bd4c 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 #b4bd4c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b4bd4c-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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