Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
Color
#fbd146
#fbd146
hex
#fbd146rgb
rgb(251, 209, 70)hsl
hsl(46, 96%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.874 0.156 91.5)Closest name: Anna Banana (#f5d547)Relative luminance 0.6655
Colors that go with #fbd146
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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fbd146 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 #fbd146: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fbd146 in 7 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Diner, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fbd146: 9 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fbd146: 6 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Southwest Airlines's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #fbd146, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #fbd146 in 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #fbd146
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fbd146 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.47:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.31:1 | 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 #fbd146 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fbd146 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fbd146
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 #fbd146 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fbd146-c4bf9c-62adcb-2a2d1f-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