Hazelnut Chocolate Color

#7b3f00

Hazelnut Chocolate is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #84c0ff
Complementary Color #003b7b
Color Shade: orange (30.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 24.12% (better contrasting with white)
Hazelnut Chocolate Color Sample
Hazelnut Chocolate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7b3f00

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hazelnut Chocolate Color. The Saddle Brown color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Charlie Brown (#995500) for more calm effect. Try Chelsea Gem as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#003b7b is the best complementary color to Hazelnut Chocolate. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7b3f00 complementary color is Regal Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cinnamon are #7b0100 and #797b00. Thus found on the left and right of #7b3f00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maroon and Olive colors as they work well with Hazelnut Chocolate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hazelnut Chocolate palette consists of #01007b and #00797b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#003b7b). Try Navy Blue and Teal colors in combination with #7b3f00, 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 #7b3f00 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hazelnut Chocolate. Thus Pigment Indigo and Fun Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hazelnut Chocolate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regal Blue, Japanese Laurel, and Fresh Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #7b3f00 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Hazelnut Chocolate tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#003b7b) and two others. The Fun Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Siren – 120° from the complementary Regal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #007b3f and #7b003b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7b3f00 is made of 66% red, 34% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Hazelnut Chocolate has a hue angle of 30.73°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 24.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7b3f00 is made of 0% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 48.24% yellow and 51.76% black ink.

HEX #7b3f00
RGB Decimal rgb(123,63,0)
RGB Percentage 66%, 34%, 0%
CMYK 0, 23.53, 48.24, 51.76
HSL hsl(30.73,100%,24.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.73,100%,48.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.4907,22.2944,43.8003)
XYZ xyz(9.9459,7.766,0.9748)
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