Chocolate (color)

Chocolate
Chocolate
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#7B3F00
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(123, 63, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(31°, 100%, 48%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(33, 57, 33°)
Source	Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Molten chocolate and a piece of a chocolate bar

The color chocolate or cocoa brown is a shade of brown that resembles chocolate. At right is displayed the color traditionally called chocolate.

The first recorded use of chocolate as a color name in English was in 1737.^[2]

This color is a representation of the color of the most common type of chocolate, milk chocolate.

^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called chocolate in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color chocolate is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Color Sample H10.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Chocolate: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H10 Note: the color shown above as "chocolate" matches the color sample in this book shown as "chocolate"

[1] The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called chocolate in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color chocolate is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Color Sample H10.

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Chocolate: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H10 Note: the color shown above as "chocolate" matches the color sample in this book shown as "chocolate"

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