Chocolate

#ca4e00

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 #ca4e00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca4e00

RGB202, 78, 0

HSL23, 100%, 40%

HSV23, 100%, 79%

CMYK0%, 61%, 100%, 21%

Lab49.5, 46.68, 59.75

XYZ27.08, 18.01, 2.05

Decimal13258240

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone167 C

Shades of chocolate

#b94700 #a84100 #973a00 #853400 #742d00 #632600 #522000 #411900 #301200 #1f0c00

Tints of chocolate

#e75900 #ff6605 #ff7722 #ff893f #ff9b5c #ffad79 #ffbf96 #ffd0b3 #ffe2d0 #fff4ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#007cca Analogous#ca0017 Analogous#cab300 Triadic#00ca4e Triadic#4e00ca Split complementary#00cab3 Split complementary#0017ca

Chocolate in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 61, 100, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca4e00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 100 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 96 27

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 #ca4e00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca4e00; }
.text { color: #ca4e00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca4e00; }

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 #ca4e00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca4e00 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 #ca4e00 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 #ca4e00 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 #ca4e00 is computed, not guessed. 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.