Color
#cade59
#cade59rgb(202, 222, 89)hsl(69, 67%, 61%)oklch(0.86 0.158 117.1)Colors that go with #cade59
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Plum 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 #cade59: 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 #cade59: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #cade59 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 #cade59 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #cade59 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #cade59 in 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #cade59 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #cade59 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cade59
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cade59 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.1:1 | 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 #cade59 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 #cade59 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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