Dark goldenrod

#ae8925

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. 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 #ae8925, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8925

RGB174, 137, 37

HSL44, 65%, 41%

HSV44, 79%, 68%

CMYK0%, 21%, 79%, 32%

Lab59.0, 4.35, 55.12

XYZ26.74, 27.02, 5.56

Decimal11438373

Web safe#999933

Pantone125 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#9f7d22 #90721f #81661c #725a18 #644e15 #554312 #46370f #372b0c #282009 #191405

Tints of dark goldenrod

#c59b2a #d4aa37 #d9b44e #debe65 #e3c77c #e8d194 #eddbab #f2e5c2 #f7efd9 #fcf9f0

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#254aae Analogous#ae4425 Analogous#8fae25 Triadic#25ae89 Triadic#8925ae Split complementary#258fae Split complementary#4425ae

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, 21, 79, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8925 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 79 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 77 38

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 #ae8925 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8925; }
.text { color: #ae8925; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8925; }

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 #ae8925 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8925 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 #ae8925 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 #ae8925 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 #ae8925 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.