Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Brand color
Gumroad Accent
#ffc900
hex
#ffc900rgb
rgb(255, 201, 0)hsl
hsl(47, 100%, 50%)oklch
oklch(0.859 0.176 89)From Gumroad brand colorsRelative luminance 0.6303
Gumroad Accent on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 4 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Gumroad Accent
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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
complementaryshippedCornflower Blue sits directly opposite Gumroad Accent 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 Gumroad Accent: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Gumroad Accent in 7 real palettes, including Tabloid and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Gumroad Accent: 11 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with Gumroad Accent: 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with Gumroad Accent in 4 real palettes, including Olympics's brand system and Heineken's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside Gumroad Accent, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Gumroad Accent
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Gumroad Accent as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.54:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.61:1 | 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 Gumroad Accent as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Garnet
Open in tool →Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
Fonts for this mood
Gumroad Accent reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Gumroad Accent
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 #ffc900 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ffc900-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.
Machine-readable: color.md