Wild Chocolate

#665134

Deeper cacao-brown yellowed for warm vintage UI

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About Wild Chocolate

A glance at Wild Chocolate and you get a dark, cocoa-like brown with a slightly dusty, earthy look. It reads more lived-in than , and less deliberately shadowy than . Compared with , it's a touch deeper and more restrained, with less amber clarity and more of a muted, soil-warm undertone.

I use it when I need brown that feels grounded without turning grayish or flat. It's great for packaging copy blocks, label typography on kraft or cream stocks, and those quiet UI moments where you want cocoa depth instead of "coffee brown." Think restaurant POS menus, e-commerce checkout panels, and dashboards and finance apps where secondary states still have to feel solid. For digital, it holds up behind light UI chrome better than the richer cafe tones.

Pair it with oat, vanilla, and soft sand, and keep it away from very cool grays unless you want it to look heavier.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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7.52:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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6.90:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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2.36:1Fail

On Black #000000

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2.79:1Fail

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