Chocolate

#b86721

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

Chocolate is a deep orange with rich warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #b86721, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b86721

RGB184, 103, 33

HSL28, 70%, 43%

HSV28, 82%, 72%

CMYK0%, 44%, 82%, 28%

Lab51.84, 27.49, 50.55

XYZ24.89, 20.0, 3.99

Decimal12085025

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone159 C

Shades of chocolate

#a85e1e #98551b #894c18 #794416 #693b13 #593210 #49290d #3a200a #2a1707 #1a0f05

Tints of chocolate

#cf7425 #db8235 #df904d #e39f64 #e7ad7b #ecbc93 #f0caaa #f4d9c1 #f8e7d9 #fcf6f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2172b8 Analogous#b82126 Analogous#b8b321 Triadic#21b867 Triadic#6721b8 Split complementary#21b8b3 Split complementary#2126b8

Chocolate in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 82, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b86721 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 82 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 79 34

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #b86721 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b86721; }
.text { color: #b86721; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b86721; }

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 #b86721 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b86721 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 #b86721 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 #b86721 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 #b86721 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.