Dark goldenrod

#ca8a22

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 #ca8a22, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca8a22

RGB202, 138, 34

HSL37, 71%, 46%

HSV37, 83%, 79%

CMYK0%, 32%, 83%, 21%

Lab62.38, 16.16, 60.37

XYZ33.73, 30.85, 5.69

Decimal13273634

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone138 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#b87e1f #a7721c #956619 #845a16 #724e13 #614210 #4f360d #3d2a0a #2c1e07 #1a1204

Tints of dark goldenrod

#db982a #dfa240 #e3ad56 #e6b86c #eac282 #eecd98 #f1d8ae #f5e2c4 #f9edda #fcf8f0

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#2262ca Analogous#ca3622 Analogous#b6ca22 Triadic#22ca8a Triadic#8a22ca Split complementary#22b6ca Split complementary#3622ca

Dark goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 83, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca8a22 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 83 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 80 27

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 #ca8a22 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca8a22; }
.text { color: #ca8a22; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca8a22; }

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 #ca8a22 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca8a22 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 #ca8a22 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 #ca8a22 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

Every value on this page for #ca8a22 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.