Chocolate

#e9732e

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with balanced warmth. 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 #e9732e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9732e

RGB233, 115, 46

HSL22, 81%, 55%

HSV22, 80%, 91%

CMYK0%, 51%, 80%, 9%

Lab61.47, 41.5, 56.56

XYZ40.23, 29.78, 6.21

Decimal15299374

Web safe#ff6633

Pantone1585 C

Shades of chocolate

#e66418 #cf5a16 #b95113 #a34711 #8c3d0f #76330c #5f290a #492008 #321605 #1c0c03

Tints of chocolate

#eb8041 #ed8d55 #ef9a68 #f1a77b #f3b48e #f5c1a2 #f7cdb5 #f9dac8 #fbe7dc #fdf4ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2ea4e9 Analogous#e92e47 Analogous#e9d02e Triadic#2ee973 Triadic#732ee9 Split complementary#2ee9d0 Split complementary#2e47e9

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, 51, 80, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9732e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 80 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 78 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #e9732e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9732e; }
.text { color: #e9732e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9732e; }

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 #e9732e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9732e 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 #e9732e 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 #e9732e 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

Every value on this page for #e9732e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.