Meadow
Open in tool →Fresh green, buttercup and a wildflower pink — spring at full saturation; the leaf-dark text does the anchoring.
Color
#fada66
#fada66
hex
#fada66rgb
rgb(250, 218, 102)hsl
hsl(47, 94%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.893 0.139 94)Closest name: Mustard Yellow (#ffdb58)Relative luminance 0.7143
Colors that go with #fada66
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fada66 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fada66: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fada66 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fada66: 6 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fada66 in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #fada66 in 4 real palettes, including Pastel Pop and Oatly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #fada66: 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fada66
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fada66 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.29:1 | 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 #fada66 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fada66 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fada66
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 #fada66 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fada66-c4c09c-62abcb-2a2d1f-f1ece9?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