#CD440E Color

#CD440E is rgb(205, 68, 14) in RGB, hsl(17, 87%, 43%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 67%, 93%, 20%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Sinopia (#CB410B), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.94. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#CD440E

HEX#CD440E

RGBrgb(205, 68, 14)

HSLhsl(17, 87%, 43%)

HSVhsv(17, 93%, 80%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 67%, 93%, 20%)

OKLCHoklch(57.5% 0.182 38)

LABlab(49.20% 53.63 57.31)

LCHlch(49.20% 78.49 46.90)

What #CD440E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #CD440E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Sinopia#CB410BΔE 0.94 Mahogany#C04000ΔE 4.3 Lemon Iced Tea#BD3000ΔE 6.09 Flame#E25822ΔE 6.94 Orange Soda#E74E14ΔE 9.17 Burnt Orange#CC5500ΔE 9.2

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#CD440E Channel Values

How #CD440E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 205 · G 68 · B 14	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 17° · S 87% · L 43%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 17° · S 93% · V 80%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 67% · Y 93% · K 20%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	4.74:1 vs white · 4.43:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #CD440E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.74:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text4.43:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #CD440E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #CD440E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of #CD440E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #CD440E.

How #CD440E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#CD440E

Protanopia#6D6D06

Protanomaly#9D5F0A

Deuteranopia#878700

Deuteranomaly#A77200

Tritanopia#CE4040

Tritanomaly#CE4232

Achromatopsia#737373

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Using #CD440E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-cd440e: #CD440E;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #CD440E;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-cd440e': '#CD440E' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.267, blue: 0.055)

Android XML<color name="color_cd440e">#CD440E</color>

SVG fillfill="#CD440E"

More Brown Colors

#CD440E sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

100c08 e17100 1b0d04 e15501 1c1917 e05e00 1f0800 e04000 1f1400 db8f00 241205 db7900 34240e 461901 503607 5c3f19 693507 7a2100 825221 8b6f47 993300 a8732e bd3000 cc3300

#CD440E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #CD440E?

#CD440E is a mid-tone brown — rgb(205, 68, 14) in RGB and hsl(17, 87%, 43%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Sinopia (#CB410B), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.94.

What is the RGB value of #CD440E?

#CD440E is rgb(205, 68, 14) — red 205, green 68, and blue 14 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #CD440E?

#CD440E converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 67%, 93%, 20%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #CD440E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #CD440E scores 4.74:1 against white and 4.43:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #CD440E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #CD440E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is chocolate (#D2691E) at a CIE76 distance of 16.2, which is visibly different.

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