Color

#f9b043

#f9b043
hex#f9b043
rgbrgb(249, 176, 67)
hslhsl(36, 94%, 62%)
oklchoklch(0.808 0.147 73.3)
Closest name: Artisans Gold (#f2ab46)Relative luminance 0.516

Colors that go with #f9b043

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 →

#438cf9

#f95543 · #e7f943

#43f9b0 · #b043f9

Split-complementary

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#43e7f9 · #5543f9

#43f955 · #438cf9 · #f943e7

Contrast

#f9b043 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.86:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a86705 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #7c4c04 as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.11:1)
Aaon black
11.32:1passpasspassPasses 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 #f9b043 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#f9b043 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #f9b043
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 #f9b043 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/f9b043-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md