Named color
Bitter Lemon
#d2db32rgb(210, 219, 50)hsl(63, 70%, 53%)oklch(0.857 0.178 112.8)Bitter Lemon on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Bitter Lemon
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 Bitter Lemon: 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 Bitter Lemon: 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 Bitter Lemon — 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 Bitter Lemon 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 Binance's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside Bitter Lemon, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Bitter Lemon in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Bitter Lemon: 7 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with Bitter Lemon: 5 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Bitter Lemon
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Bitter Lemon as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.92:1 | 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 Bitter Lemon 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 #d2db32 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d2db32-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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