Blueprint
Open in tool →Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Color
#efbf2ergb(239, 191, 46)hsl(45, 86%, 56%)oklch(0.825 0.157 88.7)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 sits directly opposite #efbf2e 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 is a split-complement of #efbf2e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #efbf2e, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson is paired with #efbf2e in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green shows up next to #efbf2e in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #efbf2e: 8 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Designers have shipped Dodger Blue with #efbf2e: 5 real palettes, including Heatwave and PostHog's brand system, as the accent.
| #efbf2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.16:1 | 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 #efbf2e as the background.
Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Rust, pine and sun — high-visibility earth tones that read at a distance and on a trail sign.
The three colours a maple goes through in October, on a warm white — loud, seasonal, and readable because the type is near-black.
#efbf2e 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 #efbf2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/efbf2e-c4be9c-62afcb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?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