Dark goldenrod

#946d21

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

Dark goldenrod sits in the orange range, deep and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #946d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#946d21

RGB148, 109, 33

HSL40, 64%, 35%

HSV40, 78%, 58%

CMYK0%, 26%, 78%, 42%

Lab48.69, 8.06, 45.95

XYZ17.96, 17.34, 3.84

Decimal9727265

Web safe#996633

Pantone146 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#88641e #7b5b1c #6f5219 #634916 #574013 #4a3711 #3e2e0e #32250b #251b08 #191206

Tints of dark goldenrod

#ad8027 #c7922c #d4a13e #daae58 #dfba71 #e5c68b #ebd3a4 #f0dfbe #f6ecd7 #fcf8f0

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#214894 Analogous#943321 Analogous#819421 Triadic#21946d Triadic#6d2194 Split complementary#218194 Split complementary#342194

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, 26, 78, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #946d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 78 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 76 48

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark goldenrod in css

Copy #946d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #946d21; }
.text { color: #946d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #946d21; }

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 #946d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #946d21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #946d21 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #946d21 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

Here is how the numbers for #946d21 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.