Color
#cde916
#cde916rgb(205, 233, 22)hsl(68, 83%, 50%)oklch(0.883 0.203 118.2)Colors that go with #cde916
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #cde916: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cde916 in 5 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Lay's's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cde916: 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #cde916 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cde916 in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Night Market and Crayon Box put Tomato beside #cde916, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #cde916 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #cde916: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #cde916
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cde916 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.26:1 | 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 #cde916 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 #cde916 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cde916-b7bea2-4e81df-252d1f-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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