Color

#f0ae28

#f0ae28
hex#f0ae28
rgbrgb(240, 174, 40)
hslhsl(40, 87%, 55%)
oklchoklch(0.793 0.155 79.2)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.4895

Colors that go with #f0ae28

Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#286bf0

#f04a28 · #cff028

#28f0ae · #ae28f0

Split-complementary

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#28cff0 · #4a28f0

#28f04a · #286bf0 · #f028cf

Contrast

#f0ae28 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.95:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #9d6d0b as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #775208 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4a4a4a (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.28:1)
Aaon black
10.79:1passpasspassPasses 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 #f0ae28 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#f0ae28 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #f0ae28
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #f0ae28 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/f0ae28-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md