Dark goldenrod

#be8c31

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

Dark goldenrod is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #be8c31, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be8c31

RGB190, 140, 49

HSL39, 59%, 47%

HSV39, 74%, 75%

CMYK0%, 26%, 74%, 25%

Lab61.59, 10.36, 53.51

XYZ31.17, 29.93, 7.04

Decimal12487729

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone1245 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#ad802d #9d7428 #8c6724 #7c5b20 #6b4f1c #5b4317 #4a3713 #392a0f #291e0b #181206

Tints of dark goldenrod

#cd993c #d2a450 #d7ae64 #dcb978 #e1c38c #e7cea0 #ecd8b4 #f1e3c9 #f6eddd #fbf8f1

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#3163be Analogous#be4631 Analogous#a9be31 Triadic#31be8c Triadic#8c31be Split complementary#31aabe Split complementary#4531be

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, 26, 74, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be8c31 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 74 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 72 31

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 #be8c31 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be8c31; }
.text { color: #be8c31; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be8c31; }

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 #be8c31 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be8c31 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 #be8c31 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 #be8c31 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 #be8c31 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.