I am working on supporting HEX color codes in EpicRename in the near future. I have been extremely busy with work over the summer and will hopefully have more time as the weather becomes colder. Several other users have requested this feature and you can see progress at:
https://github.com/JustBru00/RenamePlugin/issues/150
Thanks for using EpicRename and thanks for the review,
JustBru00