Chocolate

#be6e13

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 #be6e13, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be6e13

RGB190, 110, 19

HSL32, 82%, 41%

HSV32, 90%, 75%

CMYK0%, 42%, 90%, 25%

Lab54.18, 25.89, 57.58

XYZ26.93, 22.15, 3.47

Decimal12480019

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone153 C

Shades of chocolate

#ae6511 #9e5b10 #8d520e #7d480d #6d3f0b #5d3609 #4c2c08 #3c2306 #2c1904 #1c1003

Tints of chocolate

#d87d16 #e98b21 #eb993b #eea654 #f1b36e #f3c188 #f6cea2 #f8dcbb #fbe9d5 #fdf7ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#1363be Analogous#be1813 Analogous#b9be13 Triadic#13be6e Triadic#6e13be Split complementary#13b8be Split complementary#1813be

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, 42, 90, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be6e13 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 90 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 87 31

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 #be6e13 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be6e13; }
.text { color: #be6e13; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be6e13; }

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 #be6e13 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be6e13 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 #be6e13 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 #be6e13 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 #be6e13 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.