Chocolate

#cd4d0c

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

Chocolate is a deep orange with serious warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #cd4d0c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd4d0c

RGB205, 77, 12

HSL20, 89%, 43%

HSV20, 94%, 80%

CMYK0%, 62%, 94%, 20%

Lab49.87, 48.34, 57.4

XYZ27.9, 18.31, 2.41

Decimal13454604

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone173 C

Shades of chocolate

#bb460b #aa400a #983909 #873308 #752c07 #632506 #521f05 #401804 #2f1103 #1d0b02

Tints of chocolate

#e7570e #f2651e #f37738 #f58952 #f69b6c #f8ac86 #f9bea0 #fbd0ba #fce2d4 #fef3ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0c8ccd Analogous#cd0c2b Analogous#cdad0c Triadic#0ccd4d Triadic#4d0ccd Split complementary#0ccdad Split complementary#0c2bcd

Chocolate in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 62, 94, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd4d0c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 94 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 90 26

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 #cd4d0c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd4d0c; }
.text { color: #cd4d0c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd4d0c; }

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 #cd4d0c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd4d0c 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 #cd4d0c 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 #cd4d0c 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 #cd4d0c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.