Dark goldenrod

#b3994e

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

Dark goldenrod falls in the yellow band, mid and soft. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #b3994e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b3994e

RGB179, 153, 78

HSL45, 40%, 50%

HSV45, 56%, 70%

CMYK0%, 15%, 56%, 30%

Lab64.09, 0.26, 42.45

XYZ31.36, 32.92, 11.91

Decimal11770190

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#a48c46 #947e40 #847139 #746332 #65562b #554824 #453b1e #352d17 #252010 #151209

Tints of dark goldenrod

#baa25e #c1ac6f #c8b57f #cfbf90 #d6c8a0 #ddd2b1 #e4dbc1 #ece5d2 #f3eee2 #faf8f3

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#4e68b3 Analogous#b3664e Analogous#9ab34e Triadic#4eb399 Triadic#994eb3 Split complementary#4e9ab3 Split complementary#674eb3

Dark goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 56, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b3994e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 56 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 56 36

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 #b3994e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b3994e; }
.text { color: #b3994e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b3994e; }

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 #b3994e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b3994e 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 #b3994e 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 #b3994e 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 #b3994e are worked out. 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.