Color

#ec500e

#ec500e
hex#ec500e
rgbrgb(236, 80, 14)
hslhsl(18, 89%, 49%)
oklchoklch(0.64 0.202 38.4)
Closest name: Baptism by Fire (#e6490b)Relative luminance 0.236

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#0ea9ec

#ec0e3a · #ecc00e

#0eec50 · #500eec

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#0eecc0 · #0e3aec

#3aec0e · #0ea9ec · #c00eec

Contrast

#ec500e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.67:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #cf470c as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #9a3509 as the text (7.27:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (4.64:1)
Aaon black
5.72:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #f36e35 as the text (7.09:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ec500e as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#ec500e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ec500e
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 #ec500e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ec500e-c4ad9c-62cbb8-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

Want the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.

Machine-readable: color.md