Goldenrod

#d5aa2b

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

Goldenrod is a mid yellow, grounded at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #d5aa2b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5aa2b

RGB213, 170, 43

HSL45, 67%, 50%

HSV45, 80%, 84%

CMYK0%, 20%, 80%, 16%

Lab71.6, 4.0, 65.99

XYZ42.25, 43.07, 8.37

Decimal14002731

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone124 C

Shades of goldenrod

#c39b27 #b08c23 #9d7d1f #8a6e1b #785f18 #655014 #524110 #3f320d #2c2309 #1a1405

Tints of goldenrod

#d9b23f #ddba52 #e1c266 #e5ca7a #e9d28e #ecd9a1 #f0e1b5 #f4e9c9 #f8f1dc #fcf9f0

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#2b56d5 Analogous#d5552b Analogous#abd52b Triadic#2bd5aa Triadic#aa2bd5 Split complementary#2babd5 Split complementary#552bd5

Goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 80, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5aa2b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 80 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 78 22

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 #d5aa2b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5aa2b; }
.text { color: #d5aa2b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5aa2b; }

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 #d5aa2b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5aa2b 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 #d5aa2b 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 #d5aa2b 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

Here is how the numbers for #d5aa2b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.