Chocolate

#bb620f

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

Chocolate is a deep orange with rich warmth. 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 #bb620f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb620f

RGB187, 98, 15

HSL29, 85%, 40%

HSV29, 92%, 73%

CMYK0%, 48%, 92%, 27%

Lab51.08, 31.01, 56.13

XYZ24.95, 19.33, 2.87

Decimal12280335

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone718 C

Shades of chocolate

#ab5a0e #9b510c #8b490b #7c410a #6c3809 #5c3007 #4c2806 #3c1f05 #2c1704 #1c0f02

Tints of chocolate

#d67011 #ec7e18 #ef8d32 #f19c4d #f3ab68 #f5ba83 #f7c99e #f9d8b9 #fce7d4 #fef6ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0f68bb Analogous#bb0f12 Analogous#bbb80f Triadic#0fbb62 Triadic#620fbb Split complementary#0fbbb8 Split complementary#0f12bb

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, 48, 92, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb620f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 92 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 89 33

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #bb620f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb620f; }
.text { color: #bb620f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb620f; }

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 #bb620f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb620f 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 #bb620f 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 #bb620f 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 #bb620f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.