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Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Color
#f9eb2f
#f9eb2f
hex
#f9eb2frgb
rgb(249, 235, 47)hsl
hsl(56, 94%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.923 0.186 104.9)Closest name: Banana Bombshell (#f7e82e)Relative luminance 0.7976
Colors that go with #f9eb2f
Lilac, Blue and Charcoal 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.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #f9eb2f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Snapchat's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #f9eb2f, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #f9eb2f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f9eb2f in 8 real palettes, including Ferrari's brand system and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f9eb2f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f9eb2f: 7 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #f9eb2f: 4 real palettes, including Star Wars's brand system and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #f9eb2f in 4 real palettes, including Heineken's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f9eb2f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f9eb2f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.24:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.95:1 | 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 #f9eb2f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f9eb2f reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f9eb2f
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 #f9eb2f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f9eb2f-bdbea2-4e9edf-282d1f-f1ede9?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