Dark goldenrod

#a38708

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

Dark goldenrod is a deep yellow, serious at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #a38708, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a38708

RGB163, 135, 8

HSL49, 91%, 34%

HSV49, 95%, 64%

CMYK0%, 17%, 95%, 36%

Lab57.2, -0.33, 60.71

XYZ23.81, 25.13, 3.83

Decimal10716936

Web safe#999900

Pantone126 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#967c07 #887107 #7b6606 #6d5b05 #605005 #534404 #453903 #382e03 #2b2302 #1d1801

Tints of dark goldenrod

#c2a00a #e0ba0b #f4cc18 #f5d336 #f7d955 #f8e074 #fae792 #fbeeb1 #fdf4cf #fefbee

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#0824a3 Analogous#a33a08 Analogous#72a308 Triadic#08a387 Triadic#8708a3 Split complementary#0872a3 Split complementary#3a08a3

Dark goldenrod in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 95, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a38708 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 95 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 91 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #a38708 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a38708; }
.text { color: #a38708; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a38708; }

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 #a38708 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a38708 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 #a38708 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 #a38708 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

The figures for #a38708 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.