Goldenrod

#c59a47

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

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.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #c59a47, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c59a47

RGB197, 154, 71

HSL40, 52%, 53%

HSV40, 64%, 77%

CMYK0%, 22%, 64%, 23%

Lab66.09, 7.0, 48.61

XYZ35.72, 35.44, 10.92

Decimal12950087

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone131 C

Shades of goldenrod

#ba8e3b #a88035 #96732f #846529 #725724 #5f491e #4d3b18 #3b2d13 #29200d #171207

Tints of goldenrod

#caa358 #d0ad69 #d5b67a #dabf8b #e0c99c #e5d2ad #ebdbbe #f0e5cf #f5eee0 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#4772c5 Analogous#c55b47 Analogous#b1c547 Triadic#47c59a Triadic#9a47c5 Split complementary#47b1c5 Split complementary#5b47c5

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, 22, 64, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c59a47 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 64 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 63 29

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 #c59a47 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c59a47; }
.text { color: #c59a47; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c59a47; }

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 #c59a47 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c59a47 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 #c59a47 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 #c59a47 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 #c59a47 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.