Baker's Chocolate Color

#5c3317

Baker's Chocolate is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #a3cce8
Complementary Color #163f5c
Color Shade: warm red (24.35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 22.55% (better contrasting with white)
Baker's Chocolate Color Sample
Baker's Chocolate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c3317

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Baker's Chocolate Color. The Bootstrap Leather color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Paco (#411f10) for more energetic effect. Try Peanut as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#163f5c is the best complementary color to Baker's Chocolate. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c3317 complementary color is Biscay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Espresso are #5c161d and #5c5516. Thus found on the left and right of #5c3317 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Espresso and West Coast colors as they work well with Baker's Chocolate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Baker's Chocolate palette consists of #161d5c and #165c55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#163f5c). Try Lucky Point and Eden colors in combination with #5c3317, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #5c3317 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Baker's Chocolate. Thus Scarlet Gum and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Baker's Chocolate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Biscay, Parsley, and Scarlet Gum split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c3317 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Baker's Chocolate tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#163f5c) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wine Berry – 120° from the complementary Biscay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #165c33 and #5c1640.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c3317 is made of 55% red, 31% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Baker's Chocolate has a hue angle of 24.35°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 22.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c3317 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #5c3317
RGB Decimal rgb(92,51,23)
RGB Percentage 55%, 31%, 14%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 27.06, 63.92
HSL hsl(24.35,60%,22.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.35,75%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.8767,15.8027,25.1736)
XYZ xyz(5.7521,4.7048,1.4156)
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