Color
#ddcb2c
#ddcb2crgb(221, 203, 44)hsl(54, 72%, 52%)oklch(0.832 0.164 102.4)Colors that go with #ddcb2c
Charcoal, Lilac and Sage 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.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #ddcb2c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #ddcb2c in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #ddcb2c in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Midnight Luxe, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ddcb2c in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Polaroid, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #ddcb2c in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Night Market, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ddcb2c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #ddcb2c in 3 real palettes, including Diner and Coastal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ddcb2c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddcb2c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.65:1 | 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 #ddcb2c 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
#ddcb2c reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #ddcb2c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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