Color
#fd8326
#fd8326rgb(253, 131, 38)hsl(26, 98%, 57%)oklch(0.735 0.176 51.7)Colors that go with #fd8326
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Amber 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 #fd8326: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fd8326 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #fd8326 in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #fd8326 in 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #fd8326 in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #fd8326 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #fd8326 in 5 real palettes, including Campus and Strava's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #fd8326
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fd8326 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.45:1 | 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 #fd8326 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#fd8326 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #fd8326 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fd8326-c4b29c-62cbc5-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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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