Color
#d8d397
#d8d397rgb(216, 211, 151)hsl(55, 45%, 72%)oklch(0.857 0.078 103.9)Colors that go with #d8d397
Charcoal, Lilac and Sky 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.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #d8d397 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
split-complementshippedSky Blue is a split-complement of #d8d397: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #d8d397, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #d8d397, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #d8d397: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #d8d397: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #d8d397: 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #d8d397
Tints & shades
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Contrast
| #d8d397 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.68:1 | 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 #d8d397 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#d8d397 reads as warm, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #d8d397 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d8d397-bdbea2-4ea0df-282d1f-f1ede9?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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