Chocolate

#a76f40

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with confident warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #a76f40, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a76f40

RGB167, 111, 64

HSL27, 45%, 45%

HSV27, 62%, 65%

CMYK0%, 34%, 62%, 35%

Lab51.79, 17.33, 34.84

XYZ22.55, 19.95, 7.51

Decimal10972992

Web safe#996633

Pantone730 C

Shades of chocolate

#99653a #8a5c35 #7c522f #6d482a #5f3f24 #50351f #422c19 #332214 #25180e #160f08

Tints of chocolate

#b97c48 #c0895b #c7976e #cfa481 #d6b294 #ddbfa7 #e4cdb9 #ecdbcc #f3e8df #faf6f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#4078a7 Analogous#a74044 Analogous#a7a340 Triadic#40a76f Triadic#6f40a7 Split complementary#40a7a3 Split complementary#4044a7

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 34, 62, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a76f40 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 62 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 61 41

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #a76f40 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a76f40; }
.text { color: #a76f40; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a76f40; }

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 #a76f40 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a76f40 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 #a76f40 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 #a76f40 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

Every value on this page for #a76f40 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.