Arcade
Open in tool →Hot pink, cyan and acid yellow on near-black — cabinet-glow neon; the black surface is what makes the colours light up.
Color
#fafa1e
#fafa1e
hex
#fafa1ergb
rgb(250, 250, 30)hsl
hsl(60, 96%, 55%)oklch
oklch(0.954 0.204 109.7)Closest name: Banana King (#fffb08)Relative luminance 0.8879
Colors that go with #fafa1e
Taupe, Lilac and Charcoal 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #fafa1e in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryLilac sits directly opposite #fafa1e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #fafa1e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fafa1e in 3 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Diner, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementViolet is a split-complement of #fafa1e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fafa1e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Pink #ff1493
shippedDeep Pink is paired with #fafa1e in two real palettes: Arcade and Night Market, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #fafa1e in two real palettes: Streetwear and Electric Lime, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #fafa1e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fafa1e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.12:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.76:1 | 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 #fafa1e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fafa1e
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 #fafa1e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fafa1e-bbbea2-4e94df-272d1f-f1ede9?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