Chocolate

#ab5f06

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. 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 #ab5f06, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab5f06

RGB171, 95, 6

HSL32, 93%, 35%

HSV32, 96%, 67%

CMYK0%, 44%, 96%, 33%

Lab48.08, 25.69, 55.01

XYZ20.92, 16.86, 2.32

Decimal11230982

Web safe#996600

Pantone154 C

Shades of chocolate

#9d5706 #8f4f05 #814705 #724004 #643804 #563003 #482803 #3a2002 #2c1802 #1e1001

Tints of chocolate

#c97007 #e88108 #f79119 #f89f37 #f9ae56 #fabc74 #fbcb92 #fcdab1 #fde8cf #fef7ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0652ab Analogous#ab0d06 Analogous#a4ab06 Triadic#06ab5f Triadic#5f06ab Split complementary#06a4ab Split complementary#0d06ab

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, 44, 96, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab5f06 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 96 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 92 39

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 #ab5f06 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab5f06; }
.text { color: #ab5f06; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab5f06; }

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 #ab5f06 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab5f06 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 #ab5f06 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 #ab5f06 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 #ab5f06 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.