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Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Color
#fedf16
#fedf16
hex
#fedf16rgb
rgb(254, 223, 22)hsl
hsl(52, 99%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.902 0.184 98.8)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.739
Colors that go with #fedf16
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #fedf16: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fedf16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fedf16 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
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #fedf16 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fedf16 in 5 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #fedf16 in 5 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #fedf16 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 — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedSteel Blue is paired with #fedf16 in 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #fedf16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fedf16 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.78:1 | 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 #fedf16 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fedf16 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fedf16
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 #fedf16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fedf16-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