Color
#fbc974
#fbc974rgb(251, 201, 116)hsl(38, 94%, 72%)oklch(0.863 0.118 79.5)Colors that go with #fbc974
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Cornflower 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fbc974 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #fbc974: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fbc974 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #fbc974 in 6 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fbc974: 11 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #fbc974 in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Blush, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #fbc974 in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #fbc974
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fbc974 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.71:1 | 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 #fbc974 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
#fbc974 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 #fbc974 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fbc974-c4ba9c-62bbcb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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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