Color
#bdc526
#bdc526rgb(189, 197, 38)hsl(63, 68%, 46%)oklch(0.791 0.167 112.7)Colors that go with #bdc526
Cornflower Blue, Deep Sky Blue and Charcoal 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #bdc526: 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 #bdc526 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bdc526: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bdc526 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tabloid, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bdc526 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bdc526: 7 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #bdc526: 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Liquid Death's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #bdc526 in 4 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bdc526
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bdc526 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.88:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.18:1 | 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 #bdc526 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 #bdc526 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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