Tequila Sunrise
Open in tool →Red through orange to yellow — the poured-drink gradient as flat tokens; use it left-to-right, never all at once.
Color
#fddd12
#fddd12
hex
#fddd12rgb
rgb(253, 221, 18)hsl
hsl(52, 98%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.897 0.183 98.4)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7264
Colors that go with #fddd12
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 #fddd12: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fddd12 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fddd12: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fddd12 in 5 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fddd12: 6 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fddd12 in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #fddd12: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #fddd12 in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #fddd12
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fddd12 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.53:1 | 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 #fddd12 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ0.333
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ0.511
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ0.813
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ1.092
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.279
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.669
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.726
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.918
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fddd12 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fddd12
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 #fddd12 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fddd12-c4c39c-4ea7df-292d1f-f1ece9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md