Pale goldenrod

#dcd7b2

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

This is Pale goldenrod, a soft yellow at 53 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #dcd7b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd7b2

RGB220, 215, 178

HSL53, 38%, 78%

HSV53, 19%, 86%

CMYK0%, 2%, 19%, 14%

Lab85.52, -4.3, 18.91

XYZ61.85, 67.03, 51.8

Decimal14473138

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5875 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#d1ca99 #c5bd7f #bab066 #ada14e #938a43 #7a7237 #615b2c #484321 #2e2b15 #15140a

Tints of pale goldenrod

#dfdab8 #e2debf #e5e1c5 #e8e4cc #ebe8d2 #eeebd9 #f1efdf #f4f2e6 #f6f5ec #f9f9f3

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#b2b7dc Analogous#dcc2b2 Analogous#ccdcb2 Triadic#b2dcd7 Triadic#d7b2dc Split complementary#b2ccdc Split complementary#c2b2dc

Pale 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, 2, 19, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd7b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 19 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 21 20

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.

Pale goldenrod in css

Copy #dcd7b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd7b2; }
.text { color: #dcd7b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd7b2; }

How pale goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dcd7b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd7b2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dcd7b2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn pale goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dcd7b2 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 pale goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #dcd7b2 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.