Chocolate

#c46e00

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. 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 #c46e00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c46e00

RGB196, 110, 0

HSL34, 100%, 38%

HSV34, 100%, 77%

CMYK0%, 44%, 100%, 23%

Lab54.96, 28.19, 62.45

XYZ28.34, 22.89, 2.92

Decimal12873216

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone153 C

Shades of chocolate

#b36500 #a35b00 #925200 #824900 #714000 #613600 #502d00 #402400 #2f1a00 #1f1100

Tints of chocolate

#e27f00 #ff8f00 #ff9c1e #ffa93b #ffb659 #ffc377 #ffd094 #ffddb2 #ffead0 #fff7ed

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0056c4 Analogous#c40c00 Analogous#b8c400 Triadic#00c46e Triadic#6e00c4 Split complementary#00b8c4 Split complementary#0c00c4

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, 44, 100, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c46e00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 100 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 96 29

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #c46e00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c46e00; }
.text { color: #c46e00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c46e00; }

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 #c46e00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c46e00 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 #c46e00 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 #c46e00 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 #c46e00 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.