Chocolate

#bc714d

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #bc714d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc714d

RGB188, 113, 77

HSL19, 45%, 52%

HSV19, 59%, 74%

CMYK0%, 40%, 59%, 26%

Lab55.11, 26.12, 32.39

XYZ27.98, 23.04, 9.99

Decimal12349773

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone4645 C

Shades of chocolate

#b06642 #9e5c3c #8d5235 #7c482f #6b3e28 #5a3422 #492a1c #382115 #27170f #160d08

Tints of chocolate

#c27e5e #c88b6e #cf987f #d5a68f #dbb3a0 #e1c0b0 #e7cdc1 #eedad1 #f4e7e2 #faf5f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#4d98bc Analogous#bc4d60 Analogous#bca94d Triadic#4dbc71 Triadic#714dbc Split complementary#4dbca9 Split complementary#4d60bc

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 59, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc714d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 59 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 58 32

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 #bc714d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc714d; }
.text { color: #bc714d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc714d; }

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 #bc714d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc714d 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 #bc714d 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 #bc714d 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 #bc714d 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.