Color
#bdd99b
#bdd99brgb(189, 217, 155)hsl(87, 45%, 73%)oklch(0.849 0.088 127.9)Colors that go with #bdd99b
Charcoal, 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 #bdd99b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
triadicshippedSky Blue completes a triad with #bdd99b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #bdd99b 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 Uber's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #bdd99b, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bdd99b: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bdd99b in 7 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bdd99b in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bdd99b: 4 real palettes, including Fitbit's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bdd99b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bdd99b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.56:1 | 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 #bdd99b as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#bdd99b reads as light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #bdd99b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bdd99b-aebea2-4e53df-212d1f-f1f1e9?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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