Color
#babc1a
#babc1argb(186, 188, 26)hsl(61, 76%, 42%)oklch(0.769 0.163 110.5)Colors that go with #babc1a
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #babc1a: 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 #babc1a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #babc1a 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 Binance's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #babc1a, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #babc1a, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #babc1a: 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #babc1a in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #babc1a in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #babc1a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #babc1a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.04:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.3:1 | 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 #babc1a 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 #babc1a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/babc1a-babea2-4e92df-272d1f-f1ede9?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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