Color
#bbdb51
#bbdb51rgb(187, 219, 81)hsl(74, 66%, 59%)oklch(0.842 0.166 121.2)Colors that go with #bbdb51
Charcoal, Plum and Taupe 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.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #bbdb51 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bbdb51 in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Polaroid, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #bbdb51 in 5 real palettes, including Night Market and Ember, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bbdb51 in 3 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #bbdb51 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #bbdb51 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #bbdb51 in 3 real palettes, including Streetwear and Electric Lime, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bbdb51 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.57:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.36:1 | 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 #bbdb51 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 #bbdb51 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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