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Color
#f9cd80
#f9cd80
hex
#f9cd80rgb
rgb(249, 205, 128)hsl
hsl(38, 91%, 74%)oklch
oklch(0.87 0.107 80.6)Closest name: Ancient Treasure (#e7d082)Relative luminance 0.6536
Colors that go with #f9cd80
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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #f9cd80 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #f9cd80 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #f9cd80 in 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f9cd80 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #f9cd80 in 6 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Farmers Market, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #f9cd80 in 10 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant is paired with #f9cd80 in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Blush, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #f9cd80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f9cd80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.07:1 | 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 #f9cd80 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f9cd80 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f9cd80
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 #f9cd80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f9cd80-c4ba9c-62bbcb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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