Color

#fcf040

#fcf040
hex#fcf040
rgbrgb(252, 240, 64)
hslhsl(56, 97%, 62%)
oklchoklch(0.936 0.182 105.4)
Closest name: Buttercup Glow (#f1f458)Relative luminance 0.8339

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#404dfc

#fc9240 · #abfc40

#40fcf0 · #f040fc

Split-complementary

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#40abfc · #9240fc

#40fc92 · #404dfc · #fc40ab

Contrast

#fcf040 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.19:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7e7502 as the text (4.74:1)
  • AAA: use #5f5901 as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #696969 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (7.12:1)
Aaon black
17.68:1passpasspassPasses 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 #fcf040 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#fcf040 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #fcf040
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #fcf040 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/fcf040-bdbea2-4e9edf-282d1f-f1ede9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md