Color
#bdea2a
#bdea2argb(189, 234, 42)hsl(74, 82%, 54%)oklch(0.874 0.204 123)Colors that go with #bdea2a
Plum, Crimson 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
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #bdea2a 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 #bdea2a in 3 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Tabloid, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bdea2a in 3 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #bdea2a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementViolet is a split-complement of #bdea2a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #bdea2a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bdea2a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Pink #ff1493
shippedDeep Pink is paired with #bdea2a in two real palettes: Night Market and Arcade, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #bdea2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bdea2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.97:1 | 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 #bdea2a 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 #bdea2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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