Chocolate

#ba714c

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with balanced warmth. 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 #ba714c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba714c

RGB186, 113, 76

HSL20, 44%, 51%

HSV20, 59%, 73%

CMYK0%, 39%, 59%, 27%

Lab54.84, 25.21, 32.55

XYZ27.46, 22.77, 9.79

Decimal12218700

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone4645 C

Shades of chocolate

#ac6642 #9c5c3c #8b5236 #7a482f #6a3f29 #593522 #482b1c #372115 #27170f #160d09

Tints of chocolate

#c07e5d #c78b6d #cd997e #d4a68e #dab39f #e0c0b0 #e7cdc0 #eddad1 #f4e8e2 #faf5f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#4c95ba Analogous#ba4c5e Analogous#baa84c Triadic#4cba71 Triadic#714cba Split complementary#4cbaa8 Split complementary#4c5eba

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, 39, 59, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba714c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 59 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 58 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #ba714c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba714c; }
.text { color: #ba714c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba714c; }

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 #ba714c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba714c 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 #ba714c 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 #ba714c 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

Here is how the numbers for #ba714c are worked out. 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.