Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#f2ca2c
#f2ca2c
hex
#f2ca2crgb
rgb(242, 202, 44)hsl
hsl(48, 88%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.85 0.164 93.3)Closest name: Aurora (#ebd147)Relative luminance 0.613
Colors that go with #f2ca2c
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Crimson 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 #f2ca2c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f2ca2c in 6 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f2ca2c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #f2ca2c in 5 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #f2ca2c in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #f2ca2c in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Campus, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedSteel Blue is paired with #f2ca2c in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #f2ca2c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f2ca2c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.26:1 | 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 #f2ca2c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Garnet
Open in tool →Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
Fonts for this mood
#f2ca2c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f2ca2c
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #f2ca2c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f2ca2c-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.
Machine-readable: color.md