Chocolate

#ea5c00

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #ea5c00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea5c00

RGB234, 92, 0

HSL24, 100%, 46%

HSV24, 100%, 92%

CMYK0%, 61%, 100%, 8%

Lab57.22, 51.97, 66.76

XYZ37.76, 25.15, 2.86

Decimal15358976

Web safe#ff6600

Pantone166 C

Shades of chocolate

#d65400 #c14c00 #ad4400 #993c00 #843400 #702c00 #5c2400 #471c00 #331400 #1f0c00

Tints of chocolate

#ff6705 #ff771f #ff8738 #ff9652 #ffa66c #ffb686 #ffc5a0 #ffd5ba #ffe5d3 #fff4ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#008eea Analogous#ea0019 Analogous#ead100 Triadic#00ea5c Triadic#5c00ea Split complementary#00ead1 Split complementary#0019ea

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, 61, 100, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea5c00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 100 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 96 14

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 #ea5c00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea5c00; }
.text { color: #ea5c00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea5c00; }

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 #ea5c00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea5c00 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 #ea5c00 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 #ea5c00 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 #ea5c00 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.