Chocolate

#e17c3b

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

This is Chocolate, a strong orange at 23 degrees. 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 #e17c3b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e17c3b

RGB225, 124, 59

HSL23, 73%, 56%

HSV23, 74%, 88%

CMYK0%, 45%, 74%, 12%

Lab62.29, 34.26, 51.16

XYZ39.05, 30.74, 8.01

Decimal14777403

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone158 C

Shades of chocolate

#de6d25 #ca621f #b4571c #9e4d18 #884215 #723712 #5c2d0e #46220b #311807 #1b0d04

Tints of chocolate

#e4884d #e7945f #e9a071 #ecac83 #efb895 #f2c4a7 #f4d0b9 #f7ddcb #fae9dd #fdf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3ba0e1 Analogous#e13b4d Analogous#e1cf3b Triadic#3be17c Triadic#7c3be1 Split complementary#3be1cf Split complementary#3b4de1

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 #e17c3b 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 #e17c3b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e17c3b; }
.text { color: #e17c3b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e17c3b; }

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 #e17c3b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e17c3b 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 #e17c3b 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 #e17c3b 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 #e17c3b 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.