Goldenrod

#cbaf39

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

Goldenrod is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. 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 #cbaf39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbaf39

RGB203, 175, 57

HSL48, 58%, 51%

HSV48, 72%, 80%

CMYK0%, 14%, 72%, 20%

Lab72.0, -2.43, 61.03

XYZ40.7, 43.65, 10.15

Decimal13348665

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone103 C

Shades of goldenrod

#bca131 #aa922d #978228 #857223 #73631e #615319 #4f4415 #3d3410 #2a240b #181506

Tints of goldenrod

#d0b64b #d5be5e #d9c570 #decd83 #e3d495 #e8dca7 #ede3ba #f2eacc #f6f2de #fbf9f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#3955cb Analogous#cb6639 Analogous#9ecb39 Triadic#39cbaf Triadic#af39cb Split complementary#399ecb Split complementary#6639cb

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, 14, 72, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbaf39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 72 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 70 26

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 #cbaf39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbaf39; }
.text { color: #cbaf39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbaf39; }

How goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cbaf39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbaf39 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 #cbaf39 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 #cbaf39 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 #cbaf39 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.