Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Color
#fa9600
#fa9600
hex
#fa9600rgb
rgb(250, 150, 0)hsl
hsl(36, 100%, 49%)oklch
oklch(0.761 0.171 64.6)Closest name: darkorange (#ff8c00)Relative luminance 0.4214
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fa9600 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.23:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.43:1 | 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 #fa9600 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Mint Modern
Open in tool →Emerald as a primary rather than a success color, anchored by deep teal text — fresh, friendly, and fintech-adjacent.
Campus
Open in tool →Institutional blue with a highlighter-amber accent — trustworthy for parents, lively enough for students.
Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Fonts for this mood
#fa9600 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fa9600
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #fa9600 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fa9600-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?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