Color
#ebc61e
#ebc61ergb(235, 198, 30)hsl(49, 84%, 52%)oklch(0.834 0.166 94.8)Colors that go with #ebc61e
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 #ebc61e 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 #ebc61e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ebc61e in 6 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ebc61e in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ebc61e: 8 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #ebc61e in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Brex's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #ebc61e in 4 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ebc61e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ebc61e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.63:1 | 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 #ebc61e 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
#ebc61e 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 #ebc61e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ebc61e-c4c19c-4eaedf-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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