Color

#fdb226

#fdb226
hex#fdb226
rgbrgb(253, 178, 38)
hslhsl(39, 98%, 57%)
oklchoklch(0.815 0.162 76.4)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.5286

Colors that go with #fdb226

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 →

#2671fd

#fd4626 · #ddfd26

#26fdb2 · #b226fd

Split-complementary

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#26ddfd · #4626fd

#26fd46 · #2671fd · #fd26dd

Contrast

#fdb226 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.81:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a26a02 as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #794f01 as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.27:1)
Aaon black
11.57:1passpasspassPasses 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 #fdb226 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#fdb226 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #fdb226
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 #fdb226 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/fdb226-c4ba9c-62b9cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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