Noir Beauty
Open in tool →Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.
Color
#cdaf42
#cdaf42
hex
#cdaf42rgb
rgb(205, 175, 66)hsl
hsl(47, 58%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.76 0.13 93.5)Closest name: goldenrod (#daa520)Relative luminance 0.4403
Colors that go with #cdaf42
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #cdaf42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #cdaf42: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #cdaf42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cdaf42: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #cdaf42, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #cdaf42: 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Desert Road, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cdaf42: 6 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cdaf42 in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cdaf42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdaf42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.81:1 | 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 #cdaf42 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cdaf42 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cdaf42
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #cdaf42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cdaf42-c4c09c-62abcb-2a2d1f-f1ece9?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