Color

#f2ae26

#f2ae26
hex#f2ae26
rgbrgb(242, 174, 38)
hslhsl(40, 89%, 55%)
oklchoklch(0.795 0.157 78.5)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.4929

Colors that go with #f2ae26

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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#266af2

#f24826 · #d0f226

#26f2ae · #ae26f2

Split-complementary

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#26d0f2 · #4826f2

#26f248 · #266af2 · #f226d0

Contrast

#f2ae26 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.93:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #9f6d09 as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #744f07 as the text (7.33:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4a4a4a (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2e2e2e (7.02:1)
Aaon black
10.86:1passpasspassPasses 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 #f2ae26 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#f2ae26 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #f2ae26
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 #f2ae26 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/f2ae26-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md