Tequila Sunrise
Open in tool →Red through orange to yellow — the poured-drink gradient as flat tokens; use it left-to-right, never all at once.
Color
#f4db34
#f4db34
hex
#f4db34rgb
rgb(244, 219, 52)hsl
hsl(52, 90%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.886 0.172 100.1)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7014
Colors that go with #f4db34
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #f4db34: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f4db34 in 5 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f4db34: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #f4db34 in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Heatwave, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #f4db34 in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #f4db34 in 6 real palettes, including Night Market and Crayon Box, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryLilac sits directly opposite #f4db34 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #f4db34: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #f4db34
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f4db34 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.03:1 | 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 #f4db34 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f4db34 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f4db34
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 #f4db34 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f4db34-c4c39c-4ea7df-292d1f-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