Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
Color
#fcd079
#fcd079
hex
#fcd079rgb
rgb(252, 208, 121)hsl
hsl(40, 96%, 73%)oklch
oklch(0.878 0.117 83.2)Closest name: Angry Pasta (#ffcc55)Relative luminance 0.6719
Colors that go with #fcd079
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 #fcd079 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 #fcd079: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fcd079 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Tabloid, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #fcd079 in 6 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Farmers Market, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #fcd079 in 9 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant is paired with #fcd079 in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Blush, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #fcd079 in 4 real palettes, including Trailhead and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #fcd079
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fcd079 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.45:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.44:1 | 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 #fcd079 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fcd079 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fcd079
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 #fcd079 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fcd079-c4bb9c-62b8cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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