HEX Color #C5501D (Chocolate)

About #C5501D

When working with digital screens, the color #C5501D is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Chocolate. Its digital footprint relies on 197 parts red, 80 parts green, and 29 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 59% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 18.2° hue, 74.3% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5501D

RGB197, 80, 29

HSL18.2°, 74.3%, 44.3%

CMYK0%, 59%, 85%, 23%

HSV18.2°, 85.3%, 77.3%

LAB49.1, 44.3, 50.6

XYZ26.1, 17.7, 3.2

Decimal12931101

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#C5501D #1D91C5

Analogous

#C51D3E #C5A41D

Triadic

#1DC550 #501DC5

Tetradic

#3EC51D #1D91C5 #A31DC5

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C5501D

#CB6336

#D1764F

#D88A68

#DE9D81

#E5B19A

#EBC4B3

#F2D8CC

#F8EBE5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C5501D

#AF4719

#993E16

#833513

#6D2C10

#57230C

#411A09

#2B1106

#150803

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.63:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.54:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.42:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

3.86:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5501D; }

.text-color { color: #C5501D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5501D; }

Similar Colors

Chocolate

#D2691E