Chocolate

#e17b3b

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with confident 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 #e17b3b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e17b3b

RGB225, 123, 59

HSL23, 73%, 56%

HSV23, 74%, 88%

CMYK0%, 45%, 74%, 12%

Lab62.07, 34.78, 50.94

XYZ38.92, 30.49, 7.97

Decimal14777147

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone158 C

Shades of chocolate

#de6c25 #ca611f #b4571c #9e4c18 #884115 #723712 #5c2c0e #46220b #311707 #1b0d04

Tints of chocolate

#e4874d #e7935f #e99f71 #ecac83 #efb895 #f2c4a7 #f4d0b9 #f7dccb #fae8dd #fdf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3ba1e1 Analogous#e13b4e Analogous#e1ce3b Triadic#3be17b Triadic#7b3be1 Split complementary#3be1ce Split complementary#3b4ee1

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 74, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e17b3b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 74 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 72 18

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 #e17b3b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e17b3b; }
.text { color: #e17b3b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e17b3b; }

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 #e17b3b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e17b3b 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 #e17b3b 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 #e17b3b 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 #e17b3b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.