Information about #CD7440 color

#CD7440 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CD7440 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(205, 116, 64) — 80.4% red, 45.5% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 55 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #CD7440 reads as a pleasantly vivid warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Zest (#C6723B). Slightly further away sit Apricot Orange (#C96B3C) and Red Damask (#CB6F4A).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(205, 116, 64)), which gives #CD7440 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CD7440: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. No one has named #CD7440 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#CD7440 color variations

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

#CD7440 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 #CD7440

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

Zest color link
Zest

#C6723B

Red Damask color link
Red Damask

#CB6F4A

Hero color link
Hero

#D37C39

Terracota color link
Terracota

#CB6843

Mischief color link
Mischief

#CB6946

Arazi color link
Arazi

#C16E3F

Tiger Orange color link
Tiger Orange

#C88141

Terracotta color link
Terracotta

#CA6641

Brandy Punch color link
Brandy Punch

#C07C40

Phoenix color link
Phoenix

#D86C37

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CD7440
  • RGB205, 116, 64
  • CMYK0, 35, 55, 20
  • CSSrgb(205, 116, 64)
  • HSL22°, 59%, 53%
  • HSL Precise22.128°, 58.506%, 52.745%
  • HSV22°, 69%, 80%
  • HSB22°, 69%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.804, 0.455, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.804, 0.455, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.804, 0.455, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCD7440
  • DECIMAL ID13464640
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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