Goldenrod

#caab55

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

This is Goldenrod, a soft orange at 44 degrees. 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 #caab55, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caab55

RGB202, 171, 85

HSL44, 52%, 56%

HSV44, 58%, 79%

CMYK0%, 15%, 58%, 21%

Lab71.1, 0.99, 47.74

XYZ40.56, 42.34, 14.63

Decimal13282133

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone618 C

Shades of goldenrod

#c4a141 #b49338 #a08332 #8d732c #796326 #665320 #52431a #3e3313 #2b230d #171307

Tints of goldenrod

#cfb365 #d4ba74 #d9c284 #deca94 #e2d2a3 #e7d9b3 #ece1c2 #f1e9d2 #f6f1e2 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#5574ca Analogous#ca7155 Analogous#afca55 Triadic#55caab Triadic#ab55ca Split complementary#55afca Split complementary#7055ca

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, 15, 58, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caab55 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 58 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 57 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.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #caab55 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caab55; }
.text { color: #caab55; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caab55; }

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 #caab55 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caab55 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 #caab55 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 #caab55 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

Here is how the numbers for #caab55 are worked out. 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.