Night Market
Open in tool →Orange, magenta and yellow neon on aubergine-black — the street-sign palette for food, nightlife and events.
Color
#f8d616
#f8d616
hex
#f8d616rgb
rgb(248, 214, 22)hsl
hsl(51, 94%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.878 0.178 97.2)Closest name: gold (#ffd700)Relative luminance 0.6811
Colors that go with #f8d616
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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 #f8d616: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #f8d616 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f8d616: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #f8d616, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f8d616 in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f8d616: 8 real palettes, including LEGO's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #f8d616: 6 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #f8d616 in 5 real palettes, including Streetwear and Google's brand system, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f8d616 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.62:1 | 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 #f8d616 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ0.586
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.012
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.024
- Paddleaccent · #ffd400 · Δ1.057
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ1.368
- Binanceprimary · #fcd535 · Δ1.404
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.52
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ1.721
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ1.74
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f8d616 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f8d616
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 #f8d616 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f8d616-c4c29c-4eaadf-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