Chocolate

#ea792c

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 #ea792c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea792c

RGB234, 121, 44

HSL24, 82%, 55%

HSV24, 81%, 92%

CMYK0%, 48%, 81%, 8%

Lab62.8, 38.82, 58.67

XYZ41.22, 31.35, 6.26

Decimal15366444

Web safe#ff6633

Pantone158 C

Shades of chocolate

#e66b17 #d06115 #b95612 #a34c10 #8c410e #76370c #5f2c09 #492207 #321705 #1c0d03

Tints of chocolate

#ec853f #ee9253 #f09e66 #f2aa7a #f4b78d #f6c3a1 #f8d0b4 #fadcc8 #fbe8db #fdf5ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2c9dea Analogous#ea2c3e Analogous#ead82c Triadic#2cea79 Triadic#792cea Split complementary#2cead8 Split complementary#2c3eea

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, 48, 81, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea792c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 81 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 79 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 #ea792c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea792c; }
.text { color: #ea792c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea792c; }

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 #ea792c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea792c 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 #ea792c 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 #ea792c 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 #ea792c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.