Chocolate

#a4620d

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 #a4620d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a4620d

RGB164, 98, 13

HSL34, 85%, 35%

HSV34, 92%, 64%

CMYK0%, 40%, 92%, 36%

Lab47.82, 21.04, 52.78

XYZ19.75, 16.66, 2.55

Decimal10773005

Web safe#996600

Pantone1395 C

Shades of chocolate

#965a0c #89520b #7b4a0a #6e4209 #603908 #533107 #452905 #372104 #2a1903 #1c1102

Tints of chocolate

#c1730f #de8512 #ed9522 #f0a33f #f2b15c #f4bf7a #f7cd97 #f9dbb4 #fbe9d1 #fef7ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0d4fa4 Analogous#a4170d Analogous#9aa40d Triadic#0da462 Triadic#620da4 Split complementary#0d9aa4 Split complementary#170da4

Chocolate in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 92, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a4620d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 92 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 89 42

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #a4620d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a4620d; }
.text { color: #a4620d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a4620d; }

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 #a4620d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a4620d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Chocolate on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a4620d 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn chocolate into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a4620d 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

The figures for #a4620d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.