Chocolate

#d56c21

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #d56c21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d56c21

RGB213, 108, 33

HSL25, 73%, 48%

HSV25, 85%, 84%

CMYK0%, 49%, 85%, 16%

Lab57.06, 36.8, 56.72

XYZ33.08, 24.98, 4.52

Decimal13986849

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone717 C

Shades of chocolate

#c2631e #b0591b #9d5018 #8a4615 #783d13 #653310 #522a0d #40200a #2d1707 #1a0d04

Tints of chocolate

#df7930 #e28745 #e5945a #e9a270 #ecb085 #efbe9a #f3ccb0 #f6d9c5 #f9e7da #fdf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#218ad5 Analogous#d52130 Analogous#d5c621 Triadic#21d56c Triadic#6c21d5 Split complementary#21d5c6 Split complementary#2130d5

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, 49, 85, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d56c21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 85 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 82 22

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 #d56c21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d56c21; }
.text { color: #d56c21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d56c21; }

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 #d56c21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d56c21 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 #d56c21 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 #d56c21 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 #d56c21 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.