Color

#ec4d09

#ec4d09
hex#ec4d09
rgbrgb(236, 77, 9)
hslhsl(18, 93%, 48%)
oklchoklch(0.637 0.205 38)
Closest name: Baptism by Fire (#e6490b)Relative luminance 0.2316

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#09a8ec

#ec0936 · #ecbf09

#09ec4d · #4d09ec

Split-complementary

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#09ecbf · #0936ec

#36ec09 · #09a8ec · #bf09ec

Contrast

#ec4d09 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.73:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #d44508 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #9d3306 as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (4.57:1)
Aaon black
5.63:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #f7692b as the text (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ec4d09 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#ec4d09 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ec4d09
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #ec4d09 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ec4d09-c4ad9c-62cbb8-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md