Dark goldenrod

#bc9401

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, deep and vivid. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #bc9401, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc9401

RGB188, 148, 1

HSL47, 99%, 37%

HSV47, 99%, 74%

CMYK0%, 21%, 99%, 26%

Lab63.24, 3.86, 67.32

XYZ31.33, 31.87, 4.53

Decimal12358657

Web safe#cc9900

Pantone1245 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#ac8801 #9c7b01 #8d6f01 #7d6201 #6d5601 #5d4a00 #4e3d00 #3e3100 #2e2400 #1e1800

Tints of dark goldenrod

#daac01 #f8c301 #fecd1a #fed438 #feda56 #fee175 #fee793 #ffeeb1 #fff5cf #fffbed

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#0129bc Analogous#bc3701 Analogous#87bc01 Triadic#01bc94 Triadic#9401bc Split complementary#0187bc Split complementary#3701bc

Dark goldenrod in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 99, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc9401 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 99 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 95 32

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bc9401 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc9401; }
.text { color: #bc9401; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc9401; }

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 #bc9401 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc9401 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 #bc9401 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 #bc9401 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

Every value on this page for #bc9401 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.