Chocolate

#ba6e3f

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 23 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 #ba6e3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba6e3f

RGB186, 110, 63

HSL23, 49%, 49%

HSV23, 66%, 73%

CMYK0%, 41%, 66%, 27%

Lab53.97, 25.94, 38.55

XYZ26.72, 21.95, 7.53

Decimal12217919

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#aa6439 #995b34 #89512e #794729 #683e23 #58341e #482a18 #372113 #27170d #170e08

Tints of chocolate

#c37b4e #c98860 #cf9673 #d6a485 #dcb197 #e2bfa9 #e8ccbb #eedacd #f4e7e0 #faf5f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3f8bba Analogous#ba3f4d Analogous#baac3f Triadic#3fba6e Triadic#6e3fba Split complementary#3fbaac Split complementary#3f4dba

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 66, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba6e3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 66 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 65 33

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 #ba6e3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba6e3f; }
.text { color: #ba6e3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba6e3f; }

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 #ba6e3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba6e3f 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 #ba6e3f 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 #ba6e3f 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 #ba6e3f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.