Night Market
Open in tool →Orange, magenta and yellow neon on aubergine-black — the street-sign palette for food, nightlife and events.
Color
#fcd53b
#fcd53b
hex
#fcd53brgb
rgb(252, 213, 59)hsl
hsl(48, 97%, 61%)oklch
oklch(0.882 0.165 93.9)Closest name: Anna Banana (#f5d547)Relative luminance 0.686
Colors that go with #fcd53b
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 #fcd53b 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 #fcd53b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fcd53b in 8 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fcd53b: 8 real palettes, including LEGO's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fcd53b: 6 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #fcd53b in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Google's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fcd53b in 5 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.
Real palettes that use #fcd53b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fcd53b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.72:1 | 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 #fcd53b as the background.
Brands using this color
- Binanceprimary · #fcd535 · Δ0.302
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ0.854
- Paddleaccent · #ffd400 · Δ1.565
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.604
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.641
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.656
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.722
- FIFAaccent · #ffdc4e · Δ1.918
Palettes built around it
Citrus Grove
Open in tool →Orange, lime leaf and lemon — a citrus palette that reads fresh, for drinks, produce and anything seasonal.
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.
Fonts for this mood
#fcd53b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fcd53b
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 #fcd53b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fcd53b-c4c09c-62aacb-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