Dark goldenrod

#bc9846

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 42 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 #bc9846, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc9846

RGB188, 152, 70

HSL42, 47%, 51%

HSV42, 63%, 74%

CMYK0%, 19%, 63%, 26%

Lab64.64, 4.11, 47.21

XYZ33.07, 33.59, 10.53

Decimal12359750

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone1245 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#ad8b3f #9c7e39 #8b7032 #7b632c #6a5526 #594820 #493a1a #382d14 #27200e #161208

Tints of dark goldenrod

#c2a257 #c8ab68 #cfb57a #d5be8b #dbc89c #e1d1ad #e8dbbe #eee5d0 #f4eee1 #faf8f2

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#466abc Analogous#bc5d46 Analogous#a5bc46 Triadic#46bc98 Triadic#9846bc Split complementary#46a5bc Split complementary#5d46bc

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, 19, 63, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc9846 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 63 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 62 32

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 #bc9846 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc9846; }
.text { color: #bc9846; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc9846; }

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 #bc9846 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc9846 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 #bc9846 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 #bc9846 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 #bc9846 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.