Color
#bbd440
#bbd440rgb(187, 212, 64)hsl(70, 63%, 54%)oklch(0.825 0.17 118.7)Colors that go with #bbd440
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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 #bbd440: 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 #bbd440: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #bbd440 — 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 #bbd440 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bbd440 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tabloid, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #bbd440 in 5 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #bbd440's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #bbd440 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #bbd440
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bbd440 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.67:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.6:1 | 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 #bbd440 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 #bbd440 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bbd440-b6bea2-4e7cdf-252d1f-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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