Color
#cdc251
#cdc251rgb(205, 194, 81)hsl(55, 55%, 56%)oklch(0.802 0.134 103.8)Colors that go with #cdc251
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 #cdc251: 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 #cdc251: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #cdc251 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 Binance's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #cdc251, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cdc251: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Open House, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #cdc251, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cdc251: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cdc251 in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cdc251
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdc251 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.84:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.43:1 | 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 #cdc251 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
#cdc251 reads as warm. 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 #cdc251 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cdc251-bdbea2-4ea0df-282d1f-f1ede9?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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