Color
#dbed1d
#dbed1drgb(219, 237, 29)hsl(65, 85%, 52%)oklch(0.902 0.2 115.3)Colors that go with #dbed1d
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 #dbed1d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dbed1d in 5 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dbed1d: 4 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #dbed1d in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Night Market put Tomato beside #dbed1d, as the lead colour.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #dbed1d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #dbed1d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #dbed1d, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #dbed1d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dbed1d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.14:1 | 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 #dbed1d 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 #dbed1d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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