#CD894E

sRGB: 205 / 137 / 78

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Morning melodies cascade across forgotten valleys
Quiet wishes transcend the limits of dreams

#CD894E belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 137 green and 78 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 27.9° lands in the orange region. Its 55.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.5% 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 (7.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 137, 78
HSL: 27.87°, 55.95%, 55.49%
HSV / HSB: 27.87°, 61.95%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 33.17%, 61.95%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.497, 31.422, 11.404
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 62.862, 20.147, 41.702
WCAG relative luminance: 0.31421
24-bit decimal: 13470030

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 #CD894E 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: 7.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#4E92CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CD894E 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.

#CD894E #4E92CD

Analogous

#CD4E53 and #CDC84E sit 30° to either side of #CD894E. 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.

#CD4E53 #CD894E #CDC84E

Triadic

#CD894E, #4ECD89 and #894ECD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD894E #4ECD89 #894ECD

Split complementary

Start at #CD894E and look across the wheel. #4ECDC9 and #4E52CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD894E #4ECDC9 #4E52CD

Square

Starting with #CD894E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #53CD4E, #4E92CD, then #C94ECD. Across the square, #CD894E pairs with #4E92CD, and #53CD4E with #C94ECD.

#CD894E #53CD4E #4E92CD #C94ECD

Tetradic

#CD894E and #4E92CD are opposites, as are #92CD4E and #894ECD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD894E #92CD4E #4E92CD #894ECD

Tints

Mixing #CD894E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7A171, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5E7DC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD894E #D7A171 #E1B895 #EBD0B8 #F5E7DC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD894E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A46E3E, keeps 80% of the original. By #291B10, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD894E #A46E3E #7B522F #52371F #291B10 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD894E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE8758, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8276, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD894E #BE8758 #AE8562 #9F846C #8F8276 #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

#CD894E

RGB

rgb(205 137 78)

HSL

hsl(27.874 55.947% 55.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD894E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD894E uses 205 red, 137 green and 78 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 53.7%

Blue 30.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD894E is 0.0% cyan, 33.2% magenta, 62.0% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 33.2%

Yellow 62.0%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC8855. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C85 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD894E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC8855 Nearest web-safe: #CC9966

Gradient to complement

#CD894E #B88B63 #A38C78 #8E8E8E #788FA3 #6391B8 #4E92CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD894E 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.

#9E8F49

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.

#AE9E4F

Tritanopia

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

#DE7A7B

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.

#B18F4A

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.

#B7974E

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CF8662

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#989898

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.

#B5917A

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 0.25016 B 0.07619

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 0.76520 G 0.54889 B 0.34565

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.54652 G 0.26212 B 0.09791

CIE xyY

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

x 0.453 y 0.401 Y 31.422

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 46.275 Y % 69.412

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10001001 01001110