Kimchi `#ED4B00`

Kimchi (#ED4B00) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 38°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.208. 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.

Color values

HEX	`#ED4B00`
RGB	`rgb(237, 75, 0)`
HSL	`hsl(19, 100%, 46%)`
HSV	`hsv(19, 100%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 68%, 100%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.1 60 66)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.636 0.208 38)`

How Kimchi behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Kimchi is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ee4500 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f14a00 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ed4b00 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ee4c02 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Kimchi in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.75:1 and against black 5.61:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Kimchi

Tonal

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.

#ffdace · #ff9e80 · #ed4b00 · #c13b00 · #882600 · #531300

Analogous

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.

#f09a08 · #ed7900 · #ed4b00 · #d33642 · #b42858 · #932063

Shifted

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.

#c3a758 · #ed4b00 · #bd3900 · #654e00 · #641900 · #281d00

Contrast

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.

#00d7ff · #ed4b00 · #8a5e50 · #7e3016 · #571400 · #2e0400

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ddf7ff · #bf9e94 · #ed4b00 · #627479 · #44251c · #000407

Bright Accent

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.

#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd2 · #90a2a8 · #132c33 · #000a0f · #ed4b00

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#ddf7ff · #00b9dc · #ed4b00 · #007e96 · #003541 · #230200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#ddf7ff · #00bfb5 · #ed4b00 · #0074c1 · #003733 · #000514

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d0ffe2 · #14c57d · #ed4b00 · #5b57e5 · #250884 · #000401

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e6fbce · #88b935 · #ed4b00 · #007e96 · #440069 · #000407

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F76A3C · #FF8660 · #FFA488 · #FFBFAB · #FFD9CD

Shades

#C43C00 · #9D2E00 · #782000 · #541300 · #340700

Muted

#DB6038 · #C86F53 · #B37B6A

Using Kimchi

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.