Color
#fda981
#fda981rgb(253, 169, 129)hsl(19, 97%, 75%)oklch(0.808 0.113 46.1)Colors that go with #fda981
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and 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 #fda981: 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 #fda981 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #fda981 in 4 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Sketch's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #fda981 in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #fda981 in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #fda981 in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bramble, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fda981 in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #fda981 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #fda981
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fda981 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.88:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.17:1 | 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 #fda981 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#fda981 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 #fda981 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fda981-c4ad9c-62cbb9-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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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