Color
#fec486
#fec486rgb(254, 196, 134)hsl(31, 98%, 76%)oklch(0.859 0.103 67.6)Colors that go with #fec486
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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #fec486: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fec486 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #fec486: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fec486 in 9 real palettes, including Diner and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #fec486 in 6 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Farmers Market, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fec486: 13 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fec486: 5 real palettes, including Heatwave and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fec486
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fec486 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.45:1 | 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 #fec486 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#fec486 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #fec486 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fec486-c4b59c-62c7cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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