Dark goldenrod

#a78430

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 #a78430, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a78430

RGB167, 132, 48

HSL42, 55%, 42%

HSV42, 71%, 65%

CMYK0%, 21%, 71%, 35%

Lab57.01, 4.47, 48.5

XYZ24.72, 24.93, 6.31

Decimal10978352

Web safe#999933

Pantone1255 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#99792c #8a6d28 #7c6224 #6e5720 #5f4b1b #514017 #433513 #34290f #261e0b #181307

Tints of dark goldenrod

#bd9536 #caa345 #d0ad5a #d6b870 #dcc385 #e2cd9b #e8d8b1 #efe3c6 #f5eddc #fbf8f1

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#3053a7 Analogous#a74930 Analogous#8ea730 Triadic#30a784 Triadic#8430a7 Split complementary#308ea7 Split complementary#4930a7

Dark goldenrod in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 71, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a78430 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 71 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 69 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 #a78430 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a78430; }
.text { color: #a78430; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a78430; }

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 #a78430 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a78430 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 #a78430 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 #a78430 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 #a78430 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.