Chocolate

#cd4e00

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 #cd4e00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd4e00

RGB205, 78, 0

HSL23, 100%, 40%

HSV23, 100%, 80%

CMYK0%, 62%, 100%, 20%

Lab50.01, 47.77, 60.29

XYZ27.9, 18.43, 2.09

Decimal13454848

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone1665 C

Shades of chocolate

#bc4700 #aa4100 #993a00 #873300 #762d00 #642600 #532000 #411900 #301200 #1f0c00

Tints of chocolate

#ea5900 #ff6607 #ff7724 #ff8941 #ff9b5e #ffad7a #ffbf97 #ffd0b4 #ffe2d0 #fff4ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#007fcd Analogous#cd0018 Analogous#cdb400 Triadic#00cd4e Triadic#4e00cd Split complementary#00cdb4 Split complementary#0019cd

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, 62, 100, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd4e00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 100 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 96 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #cd4e00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd4e00; }
.text { color: #cd4e00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd4e00; }

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 #cd4e00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd4e00 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 #cd4e00 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 #cd4e00 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 #cd4e00 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.