Color
#cdd855
#cdd855rgb(205, 216, 85)hsl(65, 63%, 59%)oklch(0.849 0.154 113.7)Colors that go with #cdd855
Charcoal, Lilac and Crimson 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 #cdd855: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #cdd855 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 #cdd855 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #cdd855 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #cdd855 in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Heatwave, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #cdd855 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cdd855 in 12 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #cdd855 in 6 real palettes, including Night Market and Ember, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cdd855
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdd855 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.55:1 | 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 #cdd855 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 #cdd855 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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