Tequila Sunrise
Open in tool →Red through orange to yellow — the poured-drink gradient as flat tokens; use it left-to-right, never all at once.
Color
#fbde23
#fbde23
hex
#fbde23rgb
rgb(251, 222, 35)hsl
hsl(52, 96%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.898 0.18 99.3)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7287
Colors that go with #fbde23
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #fbde23: 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 #fbde23: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fbde23 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 #fbde23: 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fbde23 in 5 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fbde23: 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fbde23 in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #fbde23: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fbde23
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fbde23 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.57:1 | 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 #fbde23 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ0.623
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ0.834
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ0.879
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ0.899
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.127
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.883
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.889
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fbde23 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fbde23
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 #fbde23 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fbde23-c4c39c-4ea7df-292d1f-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