#CD673D

sRGB: 205 / 103 / 61

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Secret gardens unfold through ancient forests
Fleeting moments shatter the chains of fate

#CD673D belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 103 green and 61 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 17.5° lands in the orange region. Its 59.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.60:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 103, 61
HSL: 17.50°, 59.02%, 52.16%
HSV / HSB: 17.50°, 70.24%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 49.76%, 70.24%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.869, 23.018, 7.232
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 55.091, 37.260, 41.579
WCAG relative luminance: 0.23017
24-bit decimal: 13461309

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CD673D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.60:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.75:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3DA3CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CD673D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CD673D #3DA3CD

Analogous

#CD3D5B and #CDAF3D sit 30° to either side of #CD673D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CD3D5B #CD673D #CDAF3D

Triadic

#CD673D, #3DCD67 and #673DCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD673D #3DCD67 #673DCD

Split complementary

Start at #CD673D and look across the wheel. #3DCDAF and #3D5BCD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD673D #3DCDAF #3D5BCD

Square

Starting with #CD673D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #5BCD3D, #3DA3CD, then #AF3DCD. Across the square, #CD673D pairs with #3DA3CD, and #5BCD3D with #AF3DCD.

#CD673D #5BCD3D #3DA3CD #AF3DCD

Tetradic

#CD673D and #3DA3CD are opposites, as are #A3CD3D and #673DCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD673D #A3CD3D #3DA3CD #673DCD

Tints

Mixing #CD673D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D78564, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5E1D8, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD673D #D78564 #E1A48B #EBC2B1 #F5E1D8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD673D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A45231, keeps 80% of the original. By #29150C, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD673D #A45231 #7B3E25 #522918 #29150C #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD673D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE6C4A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7B73, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD673D #BE6C4A #AE7158 #9F7665 #8F7B73 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CD673D

RGB

rgb(205 103 61)

HSL

hsl(17.500 59.016% 52.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD673D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD673D uses 205 red, 103 green and 61 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 40.4%

Blue 23.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD673D is 0.0% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 70.2% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 49.8%

Yellow 70.2%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC6644. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C64 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD673D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC6644 Nearest web-safe: #CC6633

Gradient to complement

#CD673D #B57155 #9D7B6D #858585 #6D8F9D #5599B5 #3DA3CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD673D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#837638

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E0525E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A37439

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AB813B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CF644C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#848484

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AD7768

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 0.13563 B 0.04667

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.75235 G 0.42543 B 0.27783

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.52619 G 0.15140 B 0.06274

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.505 y 0.377 Y 23.018

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 59.608 Y % 76.078

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 01100111 00111101