Color

#fead2a

#fead2a
hex#fead2a
rgbrgb(254, 173, 42)
hslhsl(37, 99%, 58%)
oklchoklch(0.807 0.161 72.9)
Closest name: orange (#ffa500)Relative luminance 0.5113

Colors that go with #fead2a

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

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#2a7bfe

#fe432a · #e5fe2a

#2afead · #ad2afe

Split-complementary

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#2ae5fe · #432afe

#2afe43 · #2a7bfe · #fe2ae5

Contrast

#fead2a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.87:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a76801 as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #7f4e01 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
11.23:1passpasspassPasses 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 #fead2a as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#fead2a reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #fead2a
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 #fead2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/fead2a-c4b99c-62bdcb-2c2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md