Chocolate

#bf6437

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

This is Chocolate, a strong orange at 20 degrees. 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 #bf6437, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf6437

RGB191, 100, 55

HSL20, 55%, 48%

HSV20, 71%, 75%

CMYK0%, 48%, 71%, 25%

Lab52.36, 32.94, 41.1

XYZ26.73, 20.47, 6.16

Decimal12543031

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#ae5b32 #9e522d #8d4a29 #7c4124 #6b381f #5b2f1a #4a2715 #391e10 #28150c #180c07

Tints of chocolate

#c97145 #cf8058 #d48e6b #da9d7e #dfab92 #e5baa5 #eac9b8 #f0d7cb #f6e6de #fbf4f1

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#3792bf Analogous#bf374e Analogous#bfa837 Triadic#37bf64 Triadic#6437bf Split complementary#37bfa8 Split complementary#374ebf

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 71, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf6437 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 71 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 69 31

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 #bf6437 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf6437; }
.text { color: #bf6437; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf6437; }

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 #bf6437 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf6437 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 #bf6437 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 #bf6437 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 #bf6437 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.