Color
#cbd981
#cbd981rgb(203, 217, 129)hsl(70, 54%, 68%)oklch(0.855 0.113 116.2)Colors that go with #cbd981
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 #cbd981: 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 #cbd981 — 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 #cbd981 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cbd981: 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cbd981 in 9 real palettes, including Diner and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #cbd981 in 4 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cbd981: 7 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #cbd981: 4 real palettes, including Star Wars's brand system and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #cbd981
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cbd981 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.52:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.78:1 | 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 #cbd981 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 #cbd981 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cbd981-b6bea2-4e7cdf-252d1f-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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