Color
#cec85a
#cec85argb(206, 200, 90)hsl(57, 54%, 58%)oklch(0.816 0.132 106.1)Colors that go with #cec85a
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Emerald Green 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 #cec85a: 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 #cec85a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #cec85a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #cec85a 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 #cec85a: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #cec85a, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cec85a: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cec85a in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cec85a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cec85a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.75:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.03:1 | 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 #cec85a 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
#cec85a 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 #cec85a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cec85a-bcbea2-4e9bdf-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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