Color
#ffefb3
#ffefb3rgb(255, 239, 179)hsl(47, 100%, 85%)oklch(0.951 0.078 94.9)Colors that go with #ffefb3
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Dark Orange 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 #ffefb3: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite #ffefb3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
analogousshippedDark Orange is #ffefb3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ffefb3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #ffefb3 in 27 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Bumble's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #ffefb3 in 9 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #ffefb3 in 7 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ffefb3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ffefb3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.15:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.25:1 | 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 #ffefb3 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ffefb3 reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #ffefb3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ffefb3-c4c09c-62abcb-2a2d1f-f1ece9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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