Color
#faf499
#faf499rgb(250, 244, 153)hsl(56, 91%, 79%)oklch(0.952 0.113 105.1)Colors that go with #faf499
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Goldenrod 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 #faf499: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #faf499: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
analogousshippedGoldenrod is #faf499's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #faf499 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #faf499 in 6 real palettes, including Gumroad's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #faf499, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #faf499, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #faf499, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #faf499
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #faf499 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.47:1 | 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 #faf499 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
#faf499 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 #faf499 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/faf499-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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