Color
#b4cd51
#b4cd51rgb(180, 205, 81)hsl(72, 55%, 56%)oklch(0.805 0.152 119.6)Colors that go with #b4cd51
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b4cd51: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #b4cd51 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #b4cd51 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 Minecraft's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #b4cd51, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #b4cd51: 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b4cd51 in 7 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b4cd51 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b4cd51: 8 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #b4cd51
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b4cd51 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.78:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.79:1 | 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 #b4cd51 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 #b4cd51 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b4cd51-b5bea2-4e77df-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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