Chocolate

#cd703c

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. 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 #cd703c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd703c

RGB205, 112, 60

HSL22, 59%, 52%

HSV22, 71%, 80%

CMYK0%, 45%, 71%, 20%

Lab56.97, 32.53, 44.18

XYZ31.79, 24.89, 7.4

Decimal13463612

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#c06531#ae5b2d#9b5128#884723#763e1e#633419#502a15#3e2010#2b160b#180d06

Tints of chocolate

#d27d4e#d68b60#db9872#e0a584#e4b296#e9c0a8#edcdbb#f2dacd#f7e7df#fbf5f1

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3c99cdAnalogous#cd3c50Analogous#cdb93cTriadic#3ccd70Triadic#703ccdSplit complementary#3ccdb9Split complementary#3c51cd

Chocolate in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 71, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd703c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 71 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 69 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #cd703c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd703c; }
.text { color: #cd703c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd703c; }

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 #cd703c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd703c 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 #cd703c 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 #cd703c 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

Here is how the numbers for #cd703c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.