Color

#ecb622

#ecb622
hex#ecb622
rgbrgb(236, 182, 34)
hslhsl(44, 84%, 53%)
oklchoklch(0.804 0.157 85.8)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.514

Colors that go with #ecb622

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#2258ec

#ec5122 · #bdec22

#22ecb6 · #b622ec

Split-complementary

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#22bdec · #5122ec

#22ec51 · #2258ec · #ec22bd

Contrast

#ecb622 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.86:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #916e0d as the text (4.73:1)
  • AAA: use #6c5209 as the text (7.37:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.09:1)
Aaon black
11.28:1passpasspassPasses 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 #ecb622 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#ecb622 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ecb622
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #ecb622 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ecb622-c4be9c-62b1cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md