Color

#f8b020

#f8b020
hex#f8b020
rgbrgb(248, 176, 32)
hslhsl(40, 94%, 55%)
oklchoklch(0.805 0.161 77.7)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.5111

Colors that go with #f8b020

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

Open in tool →

#2068f8

#f84420 · #d4f820

#20f8b0 · #b020f8

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#20d4f8 · #4420f8

#20f844 · #2068f8 · #f820d4

Contrast

#f8b020 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.87:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #9e6b05 as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #775004 as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
11.22:1passpasspassPasses 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 #f8b020 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#f8b020 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #f8b020
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 #f8b020 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/f8b020-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md