#EC834FGravlax (#EC834F) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 46°, lightness 0.72 and chroma 0.145. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #EC834F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 131, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 81%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(20, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 44%, 67%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(65.5 36 45.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.716 0.145 46) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Gravlax shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ee7e47 — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#f1834c — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ec834f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ed8451 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Gravlax in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.65:1 and against black 7.93:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee6 · #ffb693 · #ec834f · #bc5f2e · #8f3d0b · #5f2300
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f2c070 · #f1a259 · #ec834f · #d76e5e · #bd5d68 · #a04f6d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cfc48d · #ec834f · #c06b40 · #786700 · #7d3201 · #3b3100
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe3d7 · #dfbeaf · #ec834f · #008fb6 · #84553e · #5b3b2c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5fc · #ec834f · #988379 · #495459 · #2f1c13 · #000204
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f4fa · #becdd4 · #92a3aa · #172d36 · #000b13 · #ec834f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8deb9 · #ec834f · #ad7b86 · #21709d · #283355 · #0a0d2d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e5cbea · #ec834f · #68979b · #3963bd · #32334f · #1f0509
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d8fceb · #ec834f · #2c9e77 · #4e3f9c · #210c58 · #000301
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5f9dc · #ec834f · #67984e · #005b75 · #360048 · #00050b
#F39569 · #F9A781 · #FFB998 · #FFCDB6 · #FFE0D1
#C66839 · #A14E22 · #7E350A · #592000 · #350F00
#DE8C64 · #D09377 · #C09A88
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.