Chocolate

#cb540c

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 #cb540c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb540c

RGB203, 84, 12

HSL23, 89%, 42%

HSV23, 94%, 80%

CMYK0%, 59%, 94%, 20%

Lab50.76, 44.39, 57.82

XYZ27.87, 19.06, 2.56

Decimal13325324

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#ba4d0b #a8460a #973e09 #853708 #743007 #632906 #512205 #401a04 #2e1303 #1d0c02

Tints of chocolate

#e55f0e #f26d1d #f37e37 #f58f51 #f6a06b #f8b185 #f9c1a0 #fbd2ba #fce3d4 #fef4ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0c83cb Analogous#cb0c23 Analogous#cbb30c Triadic#0ccb54 Triadic#540ccb Split complementary#0ccbb4 Split complementary#0c23cb

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, 59, 94, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb540c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 94 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 90 26

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #cb540c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb540c; }
.text { color: #cb540c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb540c; }

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 #cb540c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb540c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Chocolate on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cb540c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn chocolate into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cb540c 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 #cb540c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.