Candle Label Specs & Design Guidelines

Are you having trouble designing labels for our candles? Don't worry! Here's everything you need to know about the specifications for printing labels on our private label candles, along with some design suggestions.

What You Need to Know About Your Labels:

Your artwork will print to the label exactly as shown in our mockup. When creating your label art, be sure your artboard is the same size of the label specs you are working on. When correctly sized label art files are uploaded, they will snap into place with no manual adjustments needed.

Below the Label Specification section, you will find additional Design Guidelines that we encourage you to review. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Label Specifications

  • All labels print to the edge with no bleed necessary
  • Transparent PNG at 300 dpi
  • Label Specifications For Our 4oz Candle

    4oz Jar - White Label

    Label Size: 2.25" Wide x 1.5" Tall
    Label Finish: Satin finish
    Art Background:     Any color or transparent

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 2.25" x 1.5"
    • Edges are 90° sharp
    • Minimum resolution: 900px x 600px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 3:2 ratio)
  • Label Specifications For Our 11oz Candle

    11oz Tumbler - White High Gloss Label

    Label Size: 2.75" Wide x 2.25" Tall
    Label Finish: High gloss finish
    Art Background:     Any color or transparent

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 2.75" Wide x 2.25" Tall
    • Edges are 90° sharp
    • Minimum resolution: 1100px x 900px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 11:9 ratio)
  • Image showing a 9oz candle jar with the specs for a custom label that can be printed on it.

    9oz Jar - White Label

    Label Size: 3" Wide x 2" Tall
    Label Finish: Satin finish
    Art Background:     Any color or transparent

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 3" x 2"
    • Edges are 90° sharp
    • Minimum resolution: 900px x 600px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 3:2 ratio)
  • Image showing a 9oz candle jar with the specs for a label

    9oz Jar - White Label

    Label Size: 7" Wide x 2" Tall
    Label Finish: Matte finish
    Art Background:     Any color or transparent

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 7" x 2"
    • Edges are .125" rounded
    • Minimum resolution: 2100px x 600px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 3:5 ratio)
  • Image showing a 9oz candle jar with the specs for a custom label that can be printed on it.

    13.75oz Jar - White Label

    Label Size: 3" Wide x 3.75" Tall
    Label Finish: Satin finish
    Art Background:     Any color or transparent.

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 3" Wide x 3.75" Tall
    • Edges are 90° sharp
    • Minimum resolution: 900px x 1125px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 1:1.25 ratio)
  • Image showing a 9oz candle jar with the specs for a kraft label size 2"x3"

    9oz Jar - Kraft Label

    Label Size: 3" Wide x 2" Tall
    Label Finish: Kraft Paper (Durable)
    Art Background:     Transparency required

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 3" x 2"
    • Edges are .125" rounded
    • Minimum resolution: 900px x 600px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 3:2 ratio)
  • Image showing a 9oz candle jar with the specs for a kraft label size 2"x7"

    9oz Jar - Kraft Label

    Label Size: 7" Wide x 2" Tall
    Label Finish: Kraft Paper (Durable)
    Art Background:     Transparency required

    Label Specs (Exact)

    • Size: 7" x 2"
    • Edges are .125" rounded
    • Minimum resolution: 2100px x 600px
    • Larger files accepted (maintain 3:5 ratio)

Design Guidelines

Our labels vary in size and shape depending on the candle jar. When creating a label, make sure your canvas or artboard matches the label's exact shape. You can use Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, or any decent graphics program. You can also make labels from some of our templates on our Label Designer Tools.

Size Ratios

On websites such as Canva, they may not offer labels with the exact size to match Candle Builders labels. For example, our 9oz 3"x2" label (900px x 600px) is currently not a size you can find on Canva. However, Canva has labels sized at 6" x 4". This works because it has the same 3:2 ratio as our 3" x 2" label.

Generally, larger artboards can be better since the resolution is higher when you export. The Canva 6" x 4" size is a good example. In Photoshop or Illustrator, you can make your artboard 1800px x 1200px because it has the same 3:2 ratio.

Exporting or Downloading Your Label Art File

When you export or download your label art file, ensure the dimensions and aspect ratio are correct. If your label needs to be 900px x 600px and it is 899px x 599px, the label will not print correctly. It may not be accepted by our uploader either. Export at 300 dpi as a transparent PNG. Unless your artwork is almost blank, your file size should be at least 60 KB. Ideally it will be 150 KB or more. Our printers are extremely accurate and will print right to the edge with perfection. If you see white border lines on your art label, your label will print with the same white border lines.

If your label artwork is not size correctly to match our label specs, the labels printed may not print as you expect them.

Testing Your Labels

Computer screens are larger than our label sizes, which can throw off your perspective. To see how your label will look, print it at home at the same size your label should be. This helps you notice if any artwork or text areas are too small or thin to read.

Design Best Practices

Stick with solid colors and avoid being "fancy." Skip gradient backgrounds or fills. Avoid text with thin sections since they may not be visible when reduced in size. Art and font colors should contrast with the background. A white background means you should use mid to darker colors for your art and text. A dark background means you should use white or a very light color for your art and text.