Color

#fdad35

#fdad35
hex#fdad35
rgbrgb(253, 173, 53)
hslhsl(36, 98%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.806 0.156 72)
Closest name: orange (#ffa500)Relative luminance 0.5103

Colors that go with #fdad35

Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Cadet 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#3585fd

#fd4935 · #e9fd35

#35fdad · #ad35fd

Split-complementary

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#35e9fd · #4935fd

#35fd49 · #3585fd · #fd35e9

Contrast

#fdad35 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.87:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a76502 as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #7e4c01 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.04:1)
Aaon black
11.21:1passpasspassPasses 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 #fdad35 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#fdad35 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #fdad35
live endpoint

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.

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

analyze #fdad35 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/fdad35-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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