Chocolate

#da5000

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

Chocolate is a deep orange with weighty warmth. 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 #da5000, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da5000

RGB218, 80, 0

HSL22, 100%, 43%

HSV22, 100%, 85%

CMYK0%, 63%, 100%, 15%

Lab52.56, 51.54, 62.84

XYZ31.78, 20.64, 2.31

Decimal14307328

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone1665 C

Shades of chocolate

#c74900 #b54200 #a23b00 #8f3400 #7c2e00 #6a2700 #572000 #441900 #311200 #1f0b00

Tints of chocolate

#f55a00 #ff6912 #ff7a2d #ff8c49 #ff9d64 #ffae7f #ffc09b #ffd1b6 #ffe2d2 #fff4ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#008ada Analogous#da001d Analogous#dabd00 Triadic#00da50 Triadic#5000da Split complementary#00dabd Split complementary#001dda

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, 63, 100, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da5000 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 63 100 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 62 96 21

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 #da5000 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da5000; }
.text { color: #da5000; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da5000; }

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 #da5000 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da5000 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 #da5000 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 #da5000 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 #da5000 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.