Goldenrod

#c8a527

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

Goldenrod falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #c8a527, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a527

RGB200, 165, 39

HSL47, 67%, 47%

HSV47, 81%, 78%

CMYK0%, 17%, 81%, 22%

Lab68.99, 0.82, 64.45

XYZ37.64, 39.34, 7.53

Decimal13149479

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone117 C

Shades of goldenrod

#b79724 #a58820 #947a1d #826b19 #715d16 #5f4f13 #4e400f #3c320c #2b2408 #1a1505

Tints of goldenrod

#d7b331 #dbbb47 #dfc35c #e3ca71 #e7d286 #ecda9b #f0e2b1 #f4eac6 #f8f2db #fcf9f0

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#274ac8 Analogous#c85527 Analogous#9ac827 Triadic#27c8a5 Triadic#a527c8 Split complementary#279ac8 Split complementary#5527c8

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, 80, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a527 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 81 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 79 28

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.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #c8a527 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a527; }
.text { color: #c8a527; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a527; }

How goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c8a527 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a527 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c8a527 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c8a527 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 goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #c8a527 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.