Color
#defd96
#defd96rgb(222, 253, 150)hsl(78, 96%, 79%)oklch(0.949 0.133 122.6)Colors that go with #defd96
Charcoal, Plum and 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #defd96: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #defd96 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Snapchat's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #defd96, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #defd96 in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Ferrari's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #defd96: 4 real palettes, including JetBrains's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #defd96's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #defd96: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #defd96 in 4 real palettes, including Heineken's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #defd96
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #defd96 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.13:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.6:1 | 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 #defd96 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
#defd96 reads as vivid, 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 #defd96 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/defd96-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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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