Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
Color
#fda363
#fda363
hex
#fda363rgb
rgb(253, 163, 99)hsl
hsl(25, 97%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.793 0.134 54.9)Closest name: sandybrown (#f4a460)Relative luminance 0.4798
Colors that go with #fda363
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 #fda363: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #fda363: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fda363 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #fda363, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #fda363: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #fda363, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #fda363: 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Desert Road, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fda363 in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #fda363
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fda363 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.98:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.6:1 | 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 #fda363 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fda363 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fda363
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 #fda363 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fda363-c4b19c-62cbc4-2d2b1f-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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