Chocolate

#b56200

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. 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 #b56200, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b56200

RGB181, 98, 0

HSL32, 100%, 35%

HSV32, 100%, 71%

CMYK0%, 46%, 100%, 29%

Lab50.17, 28.28, 58.42

XYZ23.42, 18.56, 2.35

Decimal11887104

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone153 C

Shades of chocolate

#a65a00 #975200 #884a00 #794100 #6a3900 #5b3100 #4c2900 #3d2100 #2e1900 #1f1100

Tints of chocolate

#d47300 #f38400 #ff9313 #ffa132 #ffaf52 #ffbe71 #ffcc90 #ffdaaf #ffe9ce #fff7ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0053b5 Analogous#b50700 Analogous#aeb500 Triadic#00b562 Triadic#6200b5 Split complementary#00adb5 Split complementary#0800b5

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, 46, 100, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b56200 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 100 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 96 35

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 #b56200 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b56200; }
.text { color: #b56200; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b56200; }

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 #b56200 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b56200 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 #b56200 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 #b56200 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 #b56200 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.