Color
#eec617
#eec617rgb(238, 198, 23)hsl(49, 86%, 51%)oklch(0.837 0.168 93.8)Colors that go with #eec617
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 #eec617 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 #eec617: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #eec617 in 6 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #eec617: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #eec617 in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Brex's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #eec617 in 4 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #eec617 in 4 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #eec617
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #eec617 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.65:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.73:1 | 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 #eec617 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
#eec617 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 #eec617 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/eec617-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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