Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Color
#f5cc8argb(245, 204, 138)hsl(37, 84%, 75%)oklch(0.866 0.095 78.9)Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 sits directly opposite #f5cc8a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Lilac is a split-complement of #f5cc8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Designers have shipped Cadet Blue with #f5cc8a: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Cornflower Blue with #f5cc8a: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson is paired with #f5cc8a in 7 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green shows up next to #f5cc8a in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Farmers Market, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #f5cc8a: 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the lead colour.
| #f5cc8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.89:1 | 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 #f5cc8a as the background.
#f5cc8a 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 #f5cc8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/f5cc8a-c4b99c-62bdcb-2c2d1f-f1eae9?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