Arcade
Open in tool →Hot pink, cyan and acid yellow on near-black — cabinet-glow neon; the black surface is what makes the colours light up.
Color
#fefa16
#fefa16
hex
#fefa16rgb
rgb(254, 250, 22)hsl
hsl(59, 99%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.957 0.204 108.5)Closest name: Banana King (#fffb08)Relative luminance 0.895
Colors that go with #fefa16
Lilac, Crimson and Taupe 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.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #fefa16 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fefa16 in 4 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #fefa16 in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Citrus Grove, as the text colour against it.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #fefa16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #fefa16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #fefa16, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #fefa16: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Pink #ff1493
shipped3 real palettes, including Arcade and JetBrains's brand system put Deep Pink beside #fefa16, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #fefa16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fefa16 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.11:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.9:1 | 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 #fefa16 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fefa16 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fefa16
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 #fefa16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fefa16-bbbea2-4e96df-272d1f-f1ede9?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