Dark goldenrod

#a98c57

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

This is Dark goldenrod, a soft orange at 39 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #a98c57, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a98c57

RGB169, 140, 87

HSL39, 32%, 50%

HSV39, 49%, 66%

CMYK0%, 17%, 49%, 34%

Lab59.78, 3.91, 32.3

XYZ27.46, 27.88, 12.95

Decimal11111511

Web safe#999966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#9a804f #8c7347 #7d6740 #6e5b38 #5f4e31 #504229 #413621 #32291a #231d12 #14110a

Tints of dark goldenrod

#b19767 #b9a176 #c1ac86 #c9b795 #d1c1a5 #d9ccb5 #e1d7c4 #e9e2d4 #f1ece4 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#5774a9 Analogous#a96357 Analogous#9da957 Triadic#57a98c Triadic#8c57a9 Split complementary#579da9 Split complementary#6357a9

Dark goldenrod in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 49, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a98c57 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 49 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 49 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark goldenrod in css

Copy #a98c57 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a98c57; }
.text { color: #a98c57; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a98c57; }

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 #a98c57 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a98c57 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 #a98c57 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 #a98c57 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 #a98c57 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.