Tequila Sunrise
Open in tool →Red through orange to yellow — the poured-drink gradient as flat tokens; use it left-to-right, never all at once.
Color
#ffdd00
#ffdd00
hex
#ffdd00rgb
rgb(255, 221, 0)hsl
hsl(52, 100%, 50%)oklch
oklch(0.899 0.186 97.9)Closest name: gold (#ffd700)Relative luminance 0.7297
Colors that go with #ffdd00
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ffdd00: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ffdd00 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ffdd00: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #ffdd00, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ffdd00 in 7 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ffdd00: 7 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ffdd00: 5 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #ffdd00 in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Google's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ffdd00
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ffdd00 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.59:1 | 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 #ffdd00 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ0.495
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ0.527
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ0.737
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ1.281
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ1.52
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.73
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.854
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.984
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ffdd00 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ffdd00
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 #ffdd00 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ffdd00-c4c39c-4ea7df-292d1f-f1ece9?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