Color
#ecca22
#ecca22rgb(236, 202, 34)hsl(50, 84%, 53%)oklch(0.843 0.167 96.2)Colors that go with #ecca22
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 #ecca22 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 #ecca22: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ecca22 in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ecca22: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #ecca22 in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ecca22 in 4 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #ecca22: 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ecca22
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ecca22 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.04:1 | 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 #ecca22 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
#ecca22 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 #ecca22 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ecca22-c4c29c-4eacdf-292d1f-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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