Dark goldenrod

#a68435

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 soft. 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 #a68435, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a68435

RGB166, 132, 53

HSL42, 52%, 43%

HSV42, 68%, 65%

CMYK0%, 20%, 68%, 35%

Lab56.95, 4.31, 46.15

XYZ24.62, 24.87, 6.87

Decimal10912821

Web safe#999933

Pantone1255 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#987930 #896d2c #7b6227 #6d5723 #5f4b1e #50401a #423515 #342911 #251e0c #171207

Tints of dark goldenrod

#bb943c #c6a14c #ccac61 #d3b775 #dac28a #e0cd9f #e7d7b3 #ede2c8 #f4eddd #fbf8f1

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#3557a6 Analogous#a64b35 Analogous#90a635 Triadic#35a684 Triadic#8435a6 Split complementary#3590a6 Split complementary#4c35a6

Dark goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 68, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a68435 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 68 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 67 41

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 #a68435 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a68435; }
.text { color: #a68435; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a68435; }

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 #a68435 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a68435 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 #a68435 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 #a68435 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 #a68435 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.