Tequila Sunrise
Open in tool →Red through orange to yellow — the poured-drink gradient as flat tokens; use it left-to-right, never all at once.
Color
#fadd38
#fadd38
hex
#fadd38rgb
rgb(250, 221, 56)hsl
hsl(51, 95%, 60%)oklch
oklch(0.896 0.171 98.6)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7232
Colors that go with #fadd38
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #fadd38: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fadd38 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 #fadd38: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fadd38 in 5 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fadd38: 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #fadd38 in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Heatwave, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fadd38 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #fadd38: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fadd38
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fadd38 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.46:1 | 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 #fadd38 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ0.432
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ0.474
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ1.325
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ1.393
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ1.546
- FIFAaccent · #ffdc4e · Δ1.686
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ1.706
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.821
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.871
- Binanceprimary · #fcd535 · Δ1.952
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fadd38 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fadd38
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 #fadd38 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fadd38-c4c29c-4eaadf-292d1f-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