Dark goldenrod

#aa912e

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

This is Dark goldenrod, a strong yellow at 48 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #aa912e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa912e

RGB170, 145, 46

HSL48, 57%, 42%

HSV48, 73%, 67%

CMYK0%, 15%, 73%, 33%

Lab60.78, -1.46, 53.23

XYZ27.2, 28.99, 6.75

Decimal11178286

Web safe#999933

Pantone118 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#9b852a #8d7826 #7e6c22 #705f1e #61531a #524616 #443a12 #352d0e #27210a #181507

Tints of dark goldenrod

#c0a434 #ccb143 #d2ba59 #d8c36f #decc84 #e4d59a #eadeb0 #efe7c5 #f5f0db #fbf9f1

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#2e47aa Analogous#aa532e Analogous#85aa2e Triadic#2eaa91 Triadic#912eaa Split complementary#2e85aa Split complementary#532eaa

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, 15, 73, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa912e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 73 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 71 39

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 #aa912e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa912e; }
.text { color: #aa912e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa912e; }

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 #aa912e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa912e 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 #aa912e 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 #aa912e 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 #aa912e 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. 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.