Color
#faf285
#faf285rgb(250, 242, 133)hsl(56, 92%, 75%)oklch(0.945 0.131 104.9)Colors that go with #faf285
Charcoal, Lilac and Crimson 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 #faf285: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #faf285 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #faf285 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #faf285 in 4 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
analogousshippedGoldenrod is #faf285's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #faf285 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Woodsmoke, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #faf285 in 5 real palettes, including Resort and Darkroom, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
shippedSandy Brown is paired with #faf285 in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Dusk Gradient, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #faf285
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #faf285 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.1:1 | 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 #faf285 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#faf285 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #faf285 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/faf285-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.
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