Chocolate

#ab6c38

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

This is Chocolate, a soft orange at 27 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. 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 #ab6c38, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab6c38

RGB171, 108, 56

HSL27, 51%, 45%

HSV27, 67%, 67%

CMYK0%, 37%, 67%, 33%

Lab51.46, 20.22, 38.82

XYZ22.87, 19.67, 6.33

Decimal11234360

Web safe#996633

Pantone730 C

Shades of chocolate

#9c6333 #8d592e #7f5029 #704725 #613d20 #52341b #432b16 #352111 #26180c #170f08

Tints of chocolate

#bf793f #c68652 #cd9466 #d3a27a #dab08e #e0bea2 #e7ccb6 #eedaca #f4e8de #fbf6f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3877ab Analogous#ab383d Analogous#aba538 Triadic#38ab6c Triadic#6c38ab Split complementary#38aba6 Split complementary#383dab

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 67, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab6c38 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 67 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 66 39

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 #ab6c38 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab6c38; }
.text { color: #ab6c38; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab6c38; }

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 #ab6c38 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab6c38 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 #ab6c38 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 #ab6c38 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 #ab6c38 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.