Chocolate

#a76819

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for chocolate, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Chocolate is a deep orange with rich warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #a76819, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a76819

RGB167, 104, 25

HSL33, 74%, 38%

HSV33, 85%, 65%

CMYK0%, 38%, 85%, 35%

Lab49.72, 19.29, 50.83

XYZ21.06, 18.19, 3.32

Decimal10971161

Web safe#996600

Pantone1395 C

Shades of chocolate

#995f17 #8b5715 #7d4e13 #6f4511 #613c0e #53340c #452b0a #372208 #291906 #1b1104

Tints of chocolate

#c1781d #db8921 #e19739 #e5a453 #e9b26d #edc087 #f1cea1 #f5dbbb #f9e9d5 #fdf7ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#1958a7 Analogous#a72119 Analogous#9fa719 Triadic#19a768 Triadic#6819a7 Split complementary#199fa7 Split complementary#2119a7

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 85, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a76819 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 85 35

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 82 41

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #a76819 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a76819; }
.text { color: #a76819; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a76819; }

How chocolate looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Chocolate and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a76819 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a76819 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Chocolate on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a76819 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around chocolate? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn chocolate into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a76819 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from chocolate, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a76819 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.