Color

#f8b016

#f8b016
hex#f8b016
rgbrgb(248, 176, 22)
hslhsl(41, 94%, 53%)
oklchoklch(0.805 0.164 78.3)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.5107

Colors that go with #f8b016

Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Cadet 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#165ef8

#f84016 · #cff816

#16f8b0 · #b016f8

Split-complementary

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#16cff8 · #4016f8

#16f840 · #165ef8 · #f816cf

Contrast

#f8b016 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.87:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #996a05 as the text (4.75:1)
  • AAA: use #775204 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
11.21:1passpasspassPasses 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 #f8b016 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#f8b016 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #f8b016
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #f8b016 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/f8b016-c4bc9c-62b6cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md