Crayon Box
Open in tool →Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.
Color
#fde962
#fde962
hex
#fde962rgb
rgb(253, 233, 98)hsl
hsl(52, 97%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.925 0.154 100.9)Closest name: Mustard Yellow (#ffdb58)Relative luminance 0.8004
Colors that go with #fde962
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 #fde962: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fde962 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 #fde962: 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fde962 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 #fde962: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fde962: 5 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Ikea's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fde962 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 #fde962: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fde962
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fde962 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.23:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.01:1 | 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 #fde962 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fde962 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fde962
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 #fde962 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fde962-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