Color
#b5bb11
#b5bb11rgb(181, 187, 17)hsl(62, 83%, 40%)oklch(0.762 0.166 112.1)Colors that go with #b5bb11
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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 #b5bb11: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #b5bb11: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #b5bb11, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #b5bb11: 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b5bb11 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b5bb11: 7 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #b5bb11: 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Google's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b5bb11 in 4 real palettes, including Disney's brand system and Chevrolet's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b5bb11
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b5bb11 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.08:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.08:1 | 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 #b5bb11 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 #b5bb11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b5bb11-babea2-4e8fdf-272d1f-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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