Color

#ffb442

#ffb442
hex#ffb442
rgbrgb(255, 180, 66)
hslhsl(36, 100%, 63%)
oklchoklch(0.822 0.151 73.5)
Closest name: Baklava (#efb435)Relative luminance 0.543

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#428eff

#ff5542 · #ecff42

#42ffb4 · #b442ff

Split-complementary

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#42ecff · #5542ff

#42ff55 · #428eff · #ff42ec

Contrast

#ffb442 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.77:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a86500 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #804d00 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.14:1)
Aaon black
11.86:1passpasspassPasses 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 #ffb442 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#ffb442 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ffb442
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #ffb442 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ffb442-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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