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Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Color
#fde50d
#fde50d
hex
#fde50drgb
rgb(253, 229, 13)hsl
hsl(54, 98%, 52%)oklch
oklch(0.913 0.19 101.6)Closest name: Banana Bombshell (#f7e82e)Relative luminance 0.7695
Colors that go with #fde50d
Charcoal, Lilac and Cornflower 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 #fde50d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fde50d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #fde50d: 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fde50d in 5 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fde50d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fde50d: 6 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fde50d 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #fde50d in 7 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #fde50d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fde50d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.39:1 | 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 #fde50d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fde50d reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fde50d
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 #fde50d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fde50d-bebea2-4ea2df-292d1f-f1ede9?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