Color
#fef78a
#fef78argb(254, 247, 138)hsl(56, 98%, 77%)oklch(0.959 0.131 105.4)Colors that go with #fef78a
Charcoal, Lilac and Amber 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 #fef78a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fef78a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #fef78a in 4 real palettes, including Gumroad's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fef78a in 6 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #fef78a in 5 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and BrandSweets's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
analogousshippedGoldenrod is #fef78a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #fef78a, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #fef78a: 4 real palettes, including Nursery and Macaron, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #fef78a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fef78a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.11:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.89:1 | 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 #fef78a 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
#fef78a 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 #fef78a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fef78a-bdbea2-4e9edf-282d1f-f1ede9?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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