Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
Color
#f4cd4e
#f4cd4e
hex
#f4cd4ergb
rgb(244, 205, 78)hsl
hsl(46, 88%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.86 0.148 91.7)Closest name: Aurora (#ebd147)Relative luminance 0.6345
Colors that go with #f4cd4e
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 #f4cd4e 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 #f4cd4e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f4cd4e in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f4cd4e: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #f4cd4e in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Brex's brand system, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #f4cd4e: 4 real palettes, including Nursery and Sorbet, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #f4cd4e in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #f4cd4e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f4cd4e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.69:1 | 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 #f4cd4e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f4cd4e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f4cd4e
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 #f4cd4e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f4cd4e-c4bf9c-62adcb-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