Information about #CD9505 color

#CD9505 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CD9505 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(205, 149, 5) — 80.4% red, 58.4% green, 2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 22 / 78 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CD9505 reads as a maximally vivid amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Vivid Amber (#CC9900). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Yellow Ochre (#CB9D06) and Ocre (#C69C04).

In RGB terms — rgb(205, 149, 5) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CD9505: 7.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CD9505 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CD9505 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CD9505 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CD9505

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Vivid Amber color link
Vivid Amber

#CC9900

Yellow Ochre color link
Yellow Ochre

#CB9D06

Ocre color link
Ocre

#C69C04

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Harvest Gold color link
Harvest Gold

#DA9100

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Fashion Gold color link
Fashion Gold

#D2A500

Orange Gold color link
Orange Gold

#D4A017

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Cookie Brown color link
Cookie Brown

#C7A317

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CD9505
  • RGB205, 149, 5
  • CMYK0, 22, 78, 20
  • CSSrgb(205, 149, 5)
  • HSL43°, 95%, 41%
  • HSL Precise43.2°, 95.238%, 41.176%
  • HSV43°, 98%, 80%
  • HSB43°, 98%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • GLSLvec3(0.804, 0.584, 0.020)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.804, 0.584, 0.020, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.804, 0.584, 0.020)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCD9505
  • DECIMAL ID13473029
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01