Chocolate

#e87a30

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #e87a30, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e87a30

RGB232, 122, 48

HSL24, 80%, 55%

HSV24, 79%, 91%

CMYK0%, 47%, 79%, 9%

Lab62.75, 37.65, 56.87

XYZ40.77, 31.29, 6.69

Decimal15235632

Web safe#ff6633

Pantone158 C

Shades of chocolate

#e66c1a #cf6117 #b95715 #a24c12 #8c4110 #75370d #5f2c0b #482208 #321706 #1c0d03

Tints of chocolate

#ea8643 #ec9356 #ee9f69 #f0ab7c #f3b78f #f5c4a3 #f7d0b6 #f9dcc9 #fbe8dc #fdf5ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#309ee8 Analogous#e83042 Analogous#e8d630 Triadic#30e87a Triadic#7a30e8 Split complementary#30e8d6 Split complementary#3042e8

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, 47, 79, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e87a30 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 79 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 77 15

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 #e87a30 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e87a30; }
.text { color: #e87a30; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e87a30; }

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 #e87a30 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e87a30 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 #e87a30 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 #e87a30 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 #e87a30 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.