Goldenrod

#bc9e2d

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

Goldenrod is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. 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.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #bc9e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc9e2d

RGB188, 158, 45

HSL47, 61%, 46%

HSV47, 76%, 74%

CMYK0%, 16%, 76%, 26%

Lab66.01, -0.51, 59.26

XYZ33.44, 35.33, 7.54

Decimal12361261

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone457 C

Shades of goldenrod

#ac9029 #9b8325 #8b7521 #7b671d #6a5919 #5a4c16 #4a3e12 #39300e #29220a #191506

Tints of goldenrod

#cfae34 #d4b749 #d9bf5e #dec773 #e3d088 #e8d89d #ede0b2 #f2e9c7 #f7f1dc #fcf9f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#2d4bbc Analogous#bc572d Analogous#93bc2d Triadic#2dbc9e Triadic#9e2dbc Split complementary#2d93bc Split complementary#562dbc

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, 16, 76, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc9e2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 76 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 74 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.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #bc9e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc9e2d; }
.text { color: #bc9e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc9e2d; }

How goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bc9e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc9e2d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bc9e2d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bc9e2d 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 goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #bc9e2d 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.