Chocolate

#ca660e

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #ca660e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca660e

RGB202, 102, 14

HSL28, 87%, 42%

HSV28, 93%, 79%

CMYK0%, 50%, 93%, 21%

Lab54.12, 35.08, 59.56

XYZ29.19, 22.09, 3.14

Decimal13264398

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone159 C

Shades of chocolate

#b95d0d #a7540c #964c0a #854309 #733a08 #623107 #512906 #3f2004 #2e1703 #1d0e02

Tints of chocolate

#e47310 #f08120 #f1903a #f39e53 #f5ad6d #f7bb87 #f8caa1 #fad8bb #fce7d4 #fef6ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0e72ca Analogous#ca0e14 Analogous#cac40e Triadic#0eca66 Triadic#660eca Split complementary#0ecac4 Split complementary#0e14ca

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, 50, 93, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca660e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 93 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 90 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 #ca660e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca660e; }
.text { color: #ca660e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca660e; }

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 #ca660e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca660e 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 #ca660e 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 #ca660e 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 #ca660e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.