Dark goldenrod

#a97b3b

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 #a97b3b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a97b3b

RGB169, 123, 59

HSL35, 48%, 45%

HSV35, 65%, 66%

CMYK0%, 27%, 65%, 34%

Lab54.99, 11.08, 41.2

XYZ24.23, 22.92, 7.28

Decimal11107131

Web safe#996633

Pantone730 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#9a7036 #8c6631 #7d5b2c #6e5027 #604621 #513b1c #433017 #342612 #251b0d #171108

Tints of dark goldenrod

#bd8942 #c49555 #cba269 #d1ae7c #d8ba90 #dfc6a3 #e6d2b7 #eddecb #f4ebde #faf7f2

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#3b69a9 Analogous#a9443b Analogous#a0a93b Triadic#3ba97b Triadic#7b3ba9 Split complementary#3ba0a9 Split complementary#443ba9

Dark goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 65, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a97b3b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 65 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 64 40

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 #a97b3b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a97b3b; }
.text { color: #a97b3b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a97b3b; }

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 #a97b3b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a97b3b 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 #a97b3b 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 #a97b3b 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

Here is how the numbers for #a97b3b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.