Color
#f9504d
#f9504drgb(249, 80, 77)hsl(1, 93%, 64%)oklch(0.666 0.206 25.6)Colors that go with #f9504d
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Amber 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 #f9504d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #f9504d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #f9504d in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Night Market, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #f9504d in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #f9504d in 4 real palettes, including Resort and Homestead, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #f9504d in 11 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Cloudflare's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #f9504d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f9504d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.28:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #f9504d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#f9504d reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #f9504d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/f9504d-c4a19c-62cb9a-2d261f-f1e9ed?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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