Color
#fcc179
#fcc179rgb(252, 193, 121)hsl(33, 96%, 73%)oklch(0.849 0.112 70.9)Colors that go with #fcc179
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Cadet 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #fcc179: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fcc179 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #fcc179: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #fcc179, as that palette's text colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #fcc179: 6 real palettes, including Webflow's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fcc179 in 7 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #fcc179 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fcc179: 11 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #fcc179
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fcc179 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.04:1 | 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 #fcc179 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
#fcc179 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 #fcc179 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fcc179-c4b79c-62c4cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?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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