Coastal
Open in tool →Sea-teal, sky and sand — bright without shouting; works for travel, wellness, and anything near water.
Color
#ebc156
#ebc156
hex
#ebc156rgb
rgb(235, 193, 86)hsl
hsl(43, 79%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.828 0.133 87.6)Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.5647
Colors that go with #ebc156
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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ebc156 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 #ebc156: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #ebc156, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ebc156 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ebc156 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ebc156: 9 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ebc156: 5 real palettes, including Heatwave and PostHog's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ebc156
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ebc156 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.29:1 | 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 #ebc156 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Polaroid
Open in tool →Washed coral, faded aqua and a mustard — the 1970s film look, desaturated so it feels found rather than designed.
Fonts for this mood
#ebc156 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ebc156
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 #ebc156 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ebc156-c4bd9c-62b2cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?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