Blueprint
Open in tool →Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Color
#ffc23d
#ffc23d
hex
#ffc23drgb
rgb(255, 194, 61)hsl
hsl(41, 100%, 62%)oklch
oklch(0.848 0.156 82.4)Closest name: Amber (#ffbf00)Relative luminance 0.6018
Colors that go with #ffc23d
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Cornflower 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #ffc23d 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
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #ffc23d: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ffc23d in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and Diner, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ffc23d in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ffc23d: 8 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #ffc23d, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #ffc23d in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Brex's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ffc23d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ffc23d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.04:1 | 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 #ffc23d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ffc23d reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ffc23d
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 #ffc23d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ffc23d-c4bc9c-62b6cb-2c2d1f-f1ebe9?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