Pantone® Color of the Year 2025

Mocha Mousse

Pantone® 17-1230 TCX Mocha Mousse was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2025. Below: HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, text contrast, palettes built on the color and the closest Pantone® C codes.

Note: Pantone® does not publish HEX values for its colors openly. The values here are screen approximations from community sources, not official Pantone® values. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Pantone® 17-1230 Mocha Mousse color swatch, approximately #A47864

Pantone® 17-1230 TCX

HEX#A47864
RGBrgb(164, 120, 100)
HSLhsl(19, 26%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 39%, 36%)

#A47864 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Mocha Mousse

3.85:1

AA normal: Fail · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail

Black text on Mocha Mousse

5.45:1

AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail

Color palettes based on Mocha Mousse

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#A47864
#6590A4

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#A46590
#A46570
#A47864
#A49965
#90A465

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#A47864
#65A499
#6570A4

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#A47864
#65A479
#7965A4

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#201713
#604539
#A1735E
#C6AB9F
#ECE3DF

Closest Pantone® C colors

TCX is Pantone's textile system; these are the nearest print (C) codes from our library by Delta E (CIEDE2000). Lower is closer.

CSS

:root {
  --pantone-coy-2025-mocha-mousse: #A47864;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2025-mocha-mousse);
}