Color
#f5c970
#f5c970rgb(245, 201, 112)hsl(40, 87%, 70%)oklch(0.856 0.119 83.5)Colors that go with #f5c970
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Light 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f5c970: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
complementaryshippedLight Sky Blue sits directly opposite #f5c970 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #f5c970, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #f5c970: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f5c970 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #f5c970 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f5c970: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #f5c970
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f5c970 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.47:1 | 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 #f5c970 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#f5c970 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #f5c970 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/f5c970-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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