Color
#c9faad
#c9faadrgb(201, 250, 173)hsl(98, 89%, 83%)oklch(0.933 0.113 134.6)Colors that go with #c9faad
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Plum 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 #c9faad: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #c9faad — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #c9faad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c9faad in 6 real palettes, including Gumroad's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c9faad in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c9faad: 5 real palettes, including Diner and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #c9faad: 9 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Bakery, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c9faad in 7 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c9faad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9faad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.18:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.76:1 | 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 #c9faad 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
#c9faad 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 #c9faad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c9faad-a9bea2-644edf-1f2d20-f0f1e9?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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