Color
#c9ea76
#c9ea76rgb(201, 234, 118)hsl(77, 73%, 69%)oklch(0.889 0.148 122.5)Colors that go with #c9ea76
Charcoal, Lilac and 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 #c9ea76: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #c9ea76 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 Bumble's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #c9ea76, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c9ea76 in 8 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Lay's's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #c9ea76 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c9ea76: 7 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #c9ea76: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #c9ea76 in 6 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #c9ea76
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9ea76 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.51:1 | 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 #c9ea76 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 #c9ea76 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c9ea76-b3bea2-4e6bdf-232d1f-f1efe9?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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