Dark goldenrod

#9f8021

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

Dark goldenrod falls in the yellow band, deep and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #9f8021, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f8021
RGB159, 128, 33
HSL45, 66%, 38%
HSV45, 79%, 62%
CMYK0%, 19%, 79%, 38%
Lab54.99, 2.36, 52.3
XYZ22.29, 22.92, 4.69
Decimal10453025
Web safe#999933
Pantone1255 C
Pantone1255 CHex#9f8021Rgb159 128 33Cmyk0 19 79 38Lab55 2 52Darker#33290bDeep#645015Lighter#cda93b

Shades of dark goldenrod

Tints of dark goldenrod

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

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, 19, 79, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f8021 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 19 79 38
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 21 77 44
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 #9f8021 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f8021; }
.text { color: #9f8021; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f8021; }

How dark goldenrod looks on light and dark

Dark goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9f8021 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.76:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.58:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f8021 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 #9f8021 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #9f8021 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark goldenrod, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #9f8021 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.