Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Color
#ffb36b
#ffb36b
hex
#ffb36brgb
rgb(255, 179, 107)hsl
hsl(29, 100%, 71%)oklch
oklch(0.825 0.125 63.1)Closest name: Apricot (#ffb16d)Relative luminance 0.5456
Colors that go with #ffb36b
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 #ffb36b: 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 #ffb36b 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 #ffb36b: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Open House, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #ffb36b, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ffb36b in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ffb36b in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Farmers Market, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ffb36b: 9 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Campus, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ffb36b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ffb36b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.76:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.91:1 | 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 #ffb36b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ffb36b reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ffb36b
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 #ffb36b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ffb36b-c4b49c-62cbcb-2d2c1f-f1e9e9?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