Chocolate

#dd6700

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

This is Chocolate, a vivid orange at 28 degrees. 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 #dd6700, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd6700

RGB221, 103, 0

HSL28, 100%, 43%

HSV28, 100%, 87%

CMYK0%, 53%, 100%, 13%

Lab57.15, 41.96, 65.63

XYZ34.67, 25.07, 3.01

Decimal14509824

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone717 C

Shades of chocolate

#ca5e00 #b75500 #a44c00 #914400 #7e3b00 #6b3200 #582900 #452000 #321700 #1f0e00

Tints of chocolate

#f87400 #ff8214 #ff902f #ff9f4a #ffad66 #ffbc81 #ffca9c #ffd9b7 #ffe7d2 #fff5ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0076dd Analogous#dd0008 Analogous#ddd500 Triadic#00dd67 Triadic#6700dd Split complementary#00ddd5 Split complementary#0008dd

Chocolate in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 53, 100, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd6700 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 53 100 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 53 96 19

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 #dd6700 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd6700; }
.text { color: #dd6700; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd6700; }

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 #dd6700 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd6700 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 #dd6700 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 #dd6700 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 #dd6700 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. 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.