Night Market
Open in tool →Orange, magenta and yellow neon on aubergine-black — the street-sign palette for food, nightlife and events.
Color
#fedc01
#fedc01
hex
#fedc01rgb
rgb(254, 220, 1)hsl
hsl(52, 99%, 50%)oklch
oklch(0.896 0.185 97.8)Closest name: gold (#ffd700)Relative luminance 0.7226
Colors that go with #fedc01
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 #fedc01: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #fedc01 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 #fedc01: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fedc01 in 5 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fedc01: 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fedc01 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 #fedc01: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #fedc01 in 11 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #fedc01
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fedc01 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.45:1 | 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 #fedc01 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ0.273
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ0.291
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ0.994
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ1.229
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.349
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.475
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.566
- Paddleaccent · #ffd400 · Δ1.966
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ1.999
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fedc01 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fedc01
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 #fedc01 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fedc01-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