Dark goldenrod

#a48948

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, mid and soft. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #a48948, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a48948

RGB164, 137, 72

HSL42, 39%, 46%

HSV42, 56%, 64%

CMYK0%, 16%, 56%, 36%

Lab58.28, 2.01, 38.25

XYZ25.43, 26.25, 9.86

Decimal10783048

Web safe#999933

Pantone4505 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#967d42 #87713b #796535 #6b592f #5d4d29 #4e4122 #40361c #322a16 #241e10 #151209

Tints of dark goldenrod

#b39752 #bba264 #c3ac76 #cbb788 #d2c29a #dacdab #e2d7bd #eae2cf #f2ede1 #faf8f3

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#4863a4 Analogous#a45b48 Analogous#91a448 Triadic#48a489 Triadic#8948a4 Split complementary#4891a4 Split complementary#5b48a4

Dark goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 56, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a48948 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 56 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 56 42

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.

Dark goldenrod in css

Copy #a48948 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a48948; }
.text { color: #a48948; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a48948; }

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 #a48948 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a48948 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a48948 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a48948 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

Every value on this page for #a48948 is computed, not guessed. 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.