Color
#edcb40
#edcb40rgb(237, 203, 64)hsl(48, 83%, 59%)oklch(0.848 0.154 94.8)Colors that go with #edcb40
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 #edcb40 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 #edcb40: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #edcb40 in 6 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #edcb40: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #edcb40 in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Brex's brand system, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #edcb40: 4 real palettes, including Nursery and Sorbet, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #edcb40 in 4 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #edcb40
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #edcb40 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.22:1 | 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 #edcb40 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
#edcb40 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 #edcb40 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/edcb40-c4c09c-62aacb-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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