Color
#fcf997
#fcf997rgb(252, 249, 151)hsl(58, 94%, 79%)oklch(0.964 0.12 106.9)Colors that go with #fcf997
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Goldenrod 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 #fcf997: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fcf997: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
analogousshippedGoldenrod is #fcf997's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fcf997 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #fcf997 in 6 real palettes, including Gumroad's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Snapchat's brand system put Blue beside #fcf997, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #fcf997, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #fcf997 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fcf997
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fcf997 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.1:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 19.14:1 | 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 #fcf997 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
#fcf997 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 #fcf997 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fcf997-bcbea2-4e99df-282d1f-f1ede9?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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