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
#ffdd33
#ffdd33
hex
#ffdd33rgb
rgb(255, 221, 51)hsl
hsl(50, 100%, 60%)oklch
oklch(0.9 0.174 96.9)Closest name: Angel’s Trumpet (#f6dd34)Relative luminance 0.7321
Colors that go with #ffdd33
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 #ffdd33: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ffdd33 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 #ffdd33: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ffdd33 in 5 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ffdd33: 6 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and FIFA's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #ffdd33 in 4 real palettes, including Streetwear and Heatwave, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #ffdd33 in 4 real palettes, including Paddle's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #ffdd33: 4 real palettes, including Dollar General's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ffdd33
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ffdd33 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.34:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.64:1 | 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 #ffdd33 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Paddleprimary · #fddd35 · Δ0.289
- Miroprimary · #fbdb34 · Δ0.809
- Ikeasecondary · #ffdb00 · Δ1.183
- Mailchimpsecondary · #ffe01b · Δ1.253
- Ikeaprimary · #fcdc04 · Δ1.328
- FIFAaccent · #ffdc4e · Δ1.605
- Prime Videoprimary · #ffd62c · Δ1.674
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomsecondary · #ffd600 · Δ1.809
- Lay'sprimary · #fcd609 · Δ1.929
- LEGOsecondary · #ffd502 · Δ1.995
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ffdd33 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ffdd33
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 #ffdd33 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ffdd33-c4c29c-4eacdf-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