Chocolate

#ca5d21

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 21 degrees. 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 #ca5d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca5d21

RGB202, 93, 33

HSL21, 72%, 46%

HSV21, 84%, 79%

CMYK0%, 54%, 84%, 21%

Lab52.39, 40.05, 52.05

XYZ28.55, 20.5, 3.89

Decimal13262113

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#b8551e #a74d1b #954518 #843d16 #723513 #612c10 #4f240d #3d1c0a #2c1407 #1a0c04

Tints of chocolate

#dc6829 #e0783f #e38755 #e7976b #eaa781 #eeb697 #f2c6ad #f5d5c3 #f9e5da #fcf4f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#218eca Analogous#ca2139 Analogous#cab221 Triadic#21ca5d Triadic#5d21ca Split complementary#21cab2 Split complementary#2139ca

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 84, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca5d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 84 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 81 27

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 #ca5d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca5d21; }
.text { color: #ca5d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca5d21; }

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 #ca5d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca5d21 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 #ca5d21 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 #ca5d21 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 #ca5d21 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.