#CD950D

sRGB: 205 / 149 / 13

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Shimmering rivers wander across quiet meadows
Lost whispers shatter the chains of fate

#CD950D belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 149 green and 13 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 42.5° lands in the orange region. Its 88.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 42.7% 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 (7.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 149, 13
HSL: 42.50°, 88.07%, 42.75%
HSV / HSB: 42.50°, 93.66%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 27.32%, 93.66%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.996, 34.505, 5.145
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.361, 11.057, 67.977
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34503
24-bit decimal: 13473037

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 #CD950D 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: 7.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.66:1

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

#0D45CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CD950D 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.

#CD950D #0D45CD

Analogous

#CD350D and #A5CD0D sit 30° to either side of #CD950D. 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.

#CD350D #CD950D #A5CD0D

Triadic

#CD950D, #0DCD95 and #950DCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD950D #0DCD95 #950DCD

Split complementary

Start at #CD950D and look across the wheel. #0DA5CD and #350DCD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD950D #0DA5CD #350DCD

Square

Starting with #CD950D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0DCD35, #0D45CD, then #CD0DA5. Across the square, #CD950D pairs with #0D45CD, and #0DCD35 with #CD0DA5.

#CD950D #0DCD35 #0D45CD #CD0DA5

Tetradic

#CD950D and #0D45CD are opposites, as are #45CD0D and #950DCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD950D #45CD0D #0D45CD #950DCD

Tints

Mixing #CD950D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7AA3D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EACF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD950D #D7AA3D #E1BF6E #EBD59E #F5EACF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD950D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4770A, keeps 80% of the original. By #291E03, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD950D #A4770A #7B5908 #523C05 #291E03 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD950D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE9124, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8469, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD950D #BE9124 #AE8D3B #9F8852 #8F8469 #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

#CD950D

RGB

rgb(205 149 13)

HSL

hsl(42.500 88.073% 42.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD950D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD950D uses 205 red, 149 green and 13 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 58.4%

Blue 5.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD950D is 0.0% cyan, 27.3% magenta, 93.7% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 27.3%

Yellow 93.7%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC9911. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C91 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD950D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC9911 Nearest web-safe: #CC9900

Gradient to complement

#CD950D #AD882D #8D7A4D #6D6D6D #4D608D #2D52AD #0D45CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD950D 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.

#AB9600

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.

#B8A419

Tritanopia

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

#E0847F

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.

#B99700

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.

#BE9F11

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D09151

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9F9F9F

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.

#B89A74

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 0.30054 B 0.00402

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 0.77077 G 0.59334 B 0.20861

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.55547 G 0.31083 B 0.03585

CIE xyY

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

x 0.476 y 0.456 Y 34.505

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 41.569 Y % 94.902

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10010101 00001101