Chocolate

#b45e21

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

This is Chocolate, a strong orange at 25 degrees. 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 #b45e21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b45e21

RGB180, 94, 33

HSL25, 69%, 42%

HSV25, 82%, 71%

CMYK0%, 48%, 82%, 29%

Lab49.28, 30.67, 47.99

XYZ23.1, 17.82, 3.66

Decimal11820577

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#a5561e #954e1b #864619 #763e16 #673613 #582e10 #48260d #391e0a #291608 #1a0e05

Tints of chocolate

#cc6a25 #da7833 #de884b #e29762 #e7a77a #ebb792 #efc6a9 #f4d6c1 #f8e5d8 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2177b4 Analogous#b4212d Analogous#b4a821 Triadic#21b45e Triadic#5e21b4 Split complementary#21b4a8 Split complementary#212db4

Chocolate in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 82, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b45e21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 82 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 79 35

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 #b45e21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b45e21; }
.text { color: #b45e21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b45e21; }

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 #b45e21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b45e21 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 #b45e21 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 #b45e21 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 #b45e21 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.