Goldenrod

#cc960d

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

Goldenrod sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #cc960d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cc960d

RGB204, 150, 13

HSL43, 88%, 43%

HSV43, 94%, 80%

CMYK0%, 26%, 94%, 20%

Lab65.5, 10.08, 68.03

XYZ35.88, 34.68, 5.18

Decimal13407757

Web safe#cc9900

Pantone131 C

Shades of goldenrod

#ba890c #a97c0b #976f0a #866209 #745607 #634906 #513c05 #402f04 #2e2203 #1d1502

Tints of goldenrod

#e6a90f #f1b61f #f2be39 #f4c753 #f6cf6d #f7d887 #f9e0a1 #fbe8ba #fcf1d4 #fef9ee

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#0d43cc Analogous#cc370d Analogous#a3cc0d Triadic#0dcc96 Triadic#960dcc Split complementary#0da2cc Split complementary#370dcc

Goldenrod in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 94, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cc960d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 94 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 90 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cc960d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cc960d; }
.text { color: #cc960d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cc960d; }

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 #cc960d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cc960d 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 #cc960d 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 #cc960d 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 #cc960d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.