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
#fcdd2c
#fcdd2c
hex
#fcdd2crgb
rgb(252, 221, 44)hsl
hsl(51, 97%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.897 0.177 98.2)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7259
Colors that go with #fcdd2c
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #fcdd2c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fcdd2c 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 #fcdd2c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #fcdd2c, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fcdd2c in 8 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fcdd2c: 7 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fcdd2c: 5 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #fcdd2c in 5 real palettes, including Streetwear and Google's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #fcdd2c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fcdd2c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.52:1 | 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 #fcdd2c as the background.
Brands using this color
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ0.438
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ0.689
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ0.86
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ0.906
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ1.099
- Star Warsaccent · #fade4b · Δ1.498
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.675
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.695
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ1.76
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.886
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fcdd2c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fcdd2c
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 #fcdd2c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fcdd2c-c4c29c-4eaadf-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