Color
#e2b512
#e2b512rgb(226, 181, 18)hsl(47, 85%, 48%)oklch(0.791 0.159 90.3)Colors that go with #e2b512
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky Blue 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 #e2b512: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #e2b512 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #e2b512: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #e2b512, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #e2b512: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #e2b512, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #e2b512 in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #e2b512 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #e2b512
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e2b512 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.94:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.85:1 | 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 #e2b512 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#e2b512 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 #e2b512 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e2b512-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.
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