Chocolate

#ca4e02

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

This is Chocolate, a vivid orange at 23 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #ca4e02, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca4e02

RGB202, 78, 2

HSL23, 98%, 40%

HSV23, 99%, 79%

CMYK0%, 61%, 99%, 21%

Lab49.51, 46.7, 59.26

XYZ27.09, 18.01, 2.11

Decimal13258242

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone167 C

Shades of chocolate

#b94702 #a84102 #963a01 #853301 #742d01 #632601 #522001 #411901 #2f1200 #1e0c00

Tints of chocolate

#e75902 #fd6609 #fd7726 #fd8942 #fd9b5f #fead7b #febf98 #fed0b4 #ffe2d1 #fff4ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#027eca Analogous#ca021a Analogous#cab202 Triadic#02ca4e Triadic#4e02ca Split complementary#02cab2 Split complementary#021aca

Chocolate in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 61, 99, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca4e02 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 99 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 95 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 #ca4e02 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca4e02; }
.text { color: #ca4e02; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca4e02; }

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 #ca4e02 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca4e02 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 #ca4e02 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 #ca4e02 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 #ca4e02 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.