Chocolate

#de7921

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 28 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 #de7921, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de7921

RGB222, 121, 33

HSL28, 74%, 50%

HSV28, 85%, 87%

CMYK0%, 45%, 85%, 13%

Lab61.06, 33.71, 60.6

XYZ37.24, 29.31, 5.13

Decimal14580001

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone152 C

Shades of chocolate

#ca6e1e #b7641b #a35918 #904e15 #7c4412 #693910 #552e0d #42240a #2e1907 #1b0f04

Tints of chocolate

#e18536 #e4924a #e79e5f #eaab74 #edb788 #f0c49d #f3d0b2 #f7ddc6 #fae9db #fdf6ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2186de Analogous#de2127 Analogous#ded821 Triadic#21de79 Triadic#7921de Split complementary#21ded8 Split complementary#2127de

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, 45, 85, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de7921 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 85 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 82 19

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 #de7921 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de7921; }
.text { color: #de7921; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de7921; }

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 #de7921 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de7921 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 #de7921 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 #de7921 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

Here is how the numbers for #de7921 are worked out. 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.