Goldenrod

#c8a551

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

Goldenrod sits in the orange range, mid and soft. 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.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #c8a551, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a551

RGB200, 165, 81

HSL42, 52%, 55%

HSV42, 60%, 78%

CMYK0%, 17%, 60%, 22%

Lab69.32, 3.04, 47.56

XYZ38.76, 39.78, 13.42

Decimal13149521

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone117 C

Shades of goldenrod

#c29b3e #af8c37 #9c7d31 #896e2b #765f25 #634f1f #504019 #3d3113 #2a220d #171307

Tints of goldenrod

#cdad61 #d2b671 #d7be81 #dcc691 #e1cea1 #e6d7b1 #ebdfc1 #f1e7d1 #f6f0e1 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#5174c8 Analogous#c86a51 Analogous#afc851 Triadic#51c8a5 Triadic#a551c8 Split complementary#51afc8 Split complementary#6a51c8

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, 17, 60, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a551 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 60 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 59 28

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #c8a551 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a551; }
.text { color: #c8a551; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a551; }

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 #c8a551 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a551 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c8a551 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c8a551 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

Every value on this page for #c8a551 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.