Color
#e5ed50
#e5ed50rgb(229, 237, 80)hsl(63, 81%, 62%)oklch(0.912 0.174 112.2)Colors that go with #e5ed50
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #e5ed50: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #e5ed50 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 Bumble's brand system and Snapchat's brand system put Blue beside #e5ed50, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #e5ed50 in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Ferrari's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #e5ed50: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e5ed50: 7 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e5ed50: 4 real palettes, including Star Wars's brand system and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #e5ed50 in 5 real palettes, including Heineken's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e5ed50
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e5ed50 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.27:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.56:1 | 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 #e5ed50 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 #e5ed50 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e5ed50-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md