Chocolate

#da6f21

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with grounded 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 #da6f21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da6f21

RGB218, 111, 33

HSL25, 74%, 49%

HSV25, 85%, 85%

CMYK0%, 49%, 85%, 15%

Lab58.4, 37.26, 58.15

XYZ34.87, 26.38, 4.69

Decimal14315297

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone158 C

Shades of chocolate

#c7651e #b45c1b #a15218 #8d4815 #7a3e13 #673510 #542b0d #41210a #2e1707 #1b0e04

Tints of chocolate

#e07c33 #e38948 #e6975d #eaa472 #edb287 #f0bf9c #f3cdb1 #f6dac6 #f9e8db #fdf5ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#218cda Analogous#da212f Analogous#dacb21 Triadic#21da6f Triadic#6f21da Split complementary#21dacb Split complementary#212fda

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 85, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da6f21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 85 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 82 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #da6f21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da6f21; }
.text { color: #da6f21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da6f21; }

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 #da6f21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da6f21 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 #da6f21 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 #da6f21 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 #da6f21 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.