Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
Color
#ecd251
#ecd251
hex
#ecd251rgb
rgb(236, 210, 81)hsl
hsl(50, 80%, 62%)oklch
oklch(0.862 0.148 97.8)Closest name: Aurora (#ebd147)Relative luminance 0.6452
Colors that go with #ecd251
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ecd251: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #ecd251 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #ecd251: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ecd251 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ecd251: 8 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ecd251: 4 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #ecd251 in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Streetwear, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ecd251
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ecd251 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.9:1 | 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 #ecd251 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ecd251 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ecd251
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 #ecd251 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ecd251-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.
Machine-readable: color.md