Chocolate

#d36d3f

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 #d36d3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d36d3f

RGB211, 109, 63

HSL19, 63%, 54%

HSV19, 70%, 83%

CMYK0%, 48%, 70%, 17%

Lab57.22, 36.65, 43.16

XYZ33.23, 25.15, 7.8

Decimal13856063

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone166 C

Shades of chocolate

#cb5f2f #b7562a #a44d25 #904321 #7c3a1c #683118 #542813 #401e0f #2d150a #190c06

Tints of chocolate

#d77a51 #db8862 #df9574 #e3a386 #e7b098 #ebbea9 #efcbbb #f4d9cd #f8e6df #fcf4f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3fa5d3 Analogous#d33f5b Analogous#d3b73f Triadic#3fd36d Triadic#6d3fd3 Split complementary#3fd3b7 Split complementary#3f5bd3

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 70, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d36d3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 70 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 68 23

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 #d36d3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d36d3f; }
.text { color: #d36d3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d36d3f; }

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 #d36d3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d36d3f 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 #d36d3f 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 #d36d3f 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 #d36d3f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.