Chocolate

#d16e08

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 #d16e08, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d16e08

RGB209, 110, 8

HSL30, 93%, 43%

HSV30, 96%, 82%

CMYK0%, 47%, 96%, 18%

Lab56.81, 33.7, 63.05

XYZ31.91, 24.72, 3.32

Decimal13725192

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone717 C

Shades of chocolate

#bf6507 #ad5b07 #9b5206 #894805 #773f05 #653504 #532c03 #412203 #2f1902 #1d1001

Tints of chocolate

#ec7c09 #f68a1a #f79734 #f8a54f #f9b269 #fac084 #fbcd9e #fcdbb9 #fde9d3 #fef6ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#086bd1 Analogous#d10a08 Analogous#cfd108 Triadic#08d16e Triadic#6e08d1 Split complementary#08cfd1 Split complementary#0a08d1

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, 47, 96, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d16e08 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 96 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 92 24

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 #d16e08 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d16e08; }
.text { color: #d16e08; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d16e08; }

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 #d16e08 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d16e08 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 #d16e08 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 #d16e08 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 #d16e08 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.