Dark goldenrod

#a68a25

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark goldenrod, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark goldenrod falls in the yellow band, deep and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #a68a25, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a68a25

RGB166, 138, 37

HSL47, 64%, 40%

HSV47, 78%, 65%

CMYK0%, 17%, 78%, 35%

Lab58.43, 0.17, 54.29

XYZ25.15, 26.42, 5.52

Decimal10914341

Web safe#999933

Pantone118 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#987e22 #8a731f #7c671c #6e5b18 #604f15 #514412 #43380f #352c0c #272109 #191506

Tints of dark goldenrod

#be9e2a #d2af33 #d7b84b #dcc263 #e1cb7a #e7d492 #ecdea9 #f1e7c1 #f6f0d9 #fcf9f0

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#2541a6 Analogous#a64a25 Analogous#82a625 Triadic#25a68a Triadic#8a25a6 Split complementary#2581a6 Split complementary#4925a6

Dark goldenrod in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 78, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a68a25 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 78 35

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 76 41

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark goldenrod in css

Copy #a68a25 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a68a25; }
.text { color: #a68a25; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a68a25; }

How dark goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a68a25 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a68a25 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a68a25 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark goldenrod? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a68a25 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a68a25 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.